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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 37906"><p>I think you did get counsel. The psychiatrist said he might recommend hospitalization. They don't hospitalize kids without reason, so if he's thinking about it, your son is ill. When easy child was severely depressed and suicidal and we were considering Residential Treatment Center (RTC), his psychologist had him sign a "contract" stating that if he thought he was going to hurt himself that he was to tell me or call 911. </p><p></p><p>To answer your question, if the psychiatrist feels like your son is a threat to himself or others, then yes, he can have him involuntarily admitted. It may involve a court hearing, but it can be done. If your son is a threat to himself or others, it NEEDS to be done. </p><p></p><p>It sounds as if your son is at or near crisis level if psychiatrist is thinking about hospitalization. This isn't something that is going to fix itself over night - or in 5 visits. This is going to take time and patience and a lot of learning. There are no magic words psychiatrist can say to your son to make him feel better or encourage him. The psychiatrist will be teaching your son how to change his thinking and how to cope with his feelings/thoughts. (A very common treatment used for depression is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy if you want to google search for that.) In order to do this effectively, psychiatrist has to get to know your son. It takes time. Even if the zoloft works, your son still needs therapy. By far the most effect treatment of depression is medications and therapy together. The longer depression goes untreated, the harder it is to treat. Untreated, long-term depression has been linked to such things as heart disease and cancer. This is serious stuff.</p><p></p><p>I don't think a trip to jail for vandalism at their age is extreme. If it were my kid, there would be consequences at home. However, I am not in your home and do not know how unstable your child is and, therefore, cannot comfortably say what kind of consequences I would employ. If my child were unstable, I may very well decide that the trip to jail was enough consequence. You have to go with your gut on that one.</p><p></p><p>Hugs to you. I'll keep your son in my thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 37906"] I think you did get counsel. The psychiatrist said he might recommend hospitalization. They don't hospitalize kids without reason, so if he's thinking about it, your son is ill. When easy child was severely depressed and suicidal and we were considering Residential Treatment Center (RTC), his psychologist had him sign a "contract" stating that if he thought he was going to hurt himself that he was to tell me or call 911. To answer your question, if the psychiatrist feels like your son is a threat to himself or others, then yes, he can have him involuntarily admitted. It may involve a court hearing, but it can be done. If your son is a threat to himself or others, it NEEDS to be done. It sounds as if your son is at or near crisis level if psychiatrist is thinking about hospitalization. This isn't something that is going to fix itself over night - or in 5 visits. This is going to take time and patience and a lot of learning. There are no magic words psychiatrist can say to your son to make him feel better or encourage him. The psychiatrist will be teaching your son how to change his thinking and how to cope with his feelings/thoughts. (A very common treatment used for depression is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy if you want to google search for that.) In order to do this effectively, psychiatrist has to get to know your son. It takes time. Even if the zoloft works, your son still needs therapy. By far the most effect treatment of depression is medications and therapy together. The longer depression goes untreated, the harder it is to treat. Untreated, long-term depression has been linked to such things as heart disease and cancer. This is serious stuff. I don't think a trip to jail for vandalism at their age is extreme. If it were my kid, there would be consequences at home. However, I am not in your home and do not know how unstable your child is and, therefore, cannot comfortably say what kind of consequences I would employ. If my child were unstable, I may very well decide that the trip to jail was enough consequence. You have to go with your gut on that one. Hugs to you. I'll keep your son in my thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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