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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 152051" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Muts - the usual criteria for admission is if they present a "danger to themselves or others". thank you's had 2 admissions for bad reactions to medications, but 20+ for suicidal/homicidal ideation (either thoughts that he's voiced or actions).</p><p> </p><p>psychiatric admissions are not like medical admissions, which to this day I still have a hard time wrapping my head around. It's not so much about treatment, although medications can be tweaked. It's about stabilizing so that they're no longer a danger, with the assumption being that there's ongoing outpatient treatment and interventions. You don't get a "cure" with a psychiatric admission. </p><p> </p><p>A lot of kids do really really well in the hospital. I think it's a combination of structure, newness, and attention. I actually once asked thank you's psychiatrist if they could just make a demand or two of him while in the hospital so staff could get a taste of what we were dealing with - he chuckled and said not to worry, they knew, but again the whole point of hospitalization was to stabilize so they weren't going to make any demands. </p><p> </p><p>thank you is such a frequent flyer now at hospitals that I think they provide him with a sense of safety and security. There have certainly been a number of admissions that he's intentionally provoked. Has made me wonder if we made a mistake in admitting him so many times but realistically, we really had no choice. </p><p> </p><p>It's definitely an imperfect system but I'm not sure how it could be made better, other than more community-based services that are accessible for families (crisis team and respite for example, which do not exist in my part of the world).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 152051, member: 8"] Muts - the usual criteria for admission is if they present a "danger to themselves or others". thank you's had 2 admissions for bad reactions to medications, but 20+ for suicidal/homicidal ideation (either thoughts that he's voiced or actions). psychiatric admissions are not like medical admissions, which to this day I still have a hard time wrapping my head around. It's not so much about treatment, although medications can be tweaked. It's about stabilizing so that they're no longer a danger, with the assumption being that there's ongoing outpatient treatment and interventions. You don't get a "cure" with a psychiatric admission. A lot of kids do really really well in the hospital. I think it's a combination of structure, newness, and attention. I actually once asked thank you's psychiatrist if they could just make a demand or two of him while in the hospital so staff could get a taste of what we were dealing with - he chuckled and said not to worry, they knew, but again the whole point of hospitalization was to stabilize so they weren't going to make any demands. thank you is such a frequent flyer now at hospitals that I think they provide him with a sense of safety and security. There have certainly been a number of admissions that he's intentionally provoked. Has made me wonder if we made a mistake in admitting him so many times but realistically, we really had no choice. It's definitely an imperfect system but I'm not sure how it could be made better, other than more community-based services that are accessible for families (crisis team and respite for example, which do not exist in my part of the world). [/QUOTE]
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