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Youths in custody finds half have mental health problems
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 153251" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I'm on the same page as Sara- I have had tdocs and psychiatrist tell me to call the police, even before things got to the point we are at now. It isn't the answer. There is a big void in the mental health system. It seems our only options (for us-not necessarily everyone) is the typical outpatient, short visits with no support between those appts, acute psychiatric hospital (apprx 3-7 day stay), or call the police and turn it all over the county/state- who by the way, believes in the "one size fits all" treatment- they provide the same behavior management contract to all kids, no matter what.</p><p></p><p>Then, the court's stand is that if what has been tried hasn't "solved the problem" then they have no choice but to take the kid into the system. That might be a temporary "bandaid" solution to keep everyone safe, but you would think that mental health profs. and legal authorities would be advocating for the actual provisions that are needed, rather than pointing the finger at each other and finding a way to blame the parents in the process. </p><p></p><p>I can only hope that we might be getting to a point where legal authorities, psychiatrists/tdocs, and parents are all yelling and demanding that the void in treatment options for the average family is filled- no matter what it cost to get insurance companies on board or local agencies to provide more than outpatient services and the "one size fits all" treatment plan.</p><p></p><p>I heard a few months ago that it cost more for an adult to be in prison for one year than it does to send a person to college for four years. Can the cost of sending a juvenile to detention rather than provide adequate and appropriate mental health treatment be measured?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 153251, member: 3699"] I'm on the same page as Sara- I have had tdocs and psychiatrist tell me to call the police, even before things got to the point we are at now. It isn't the answer. There is a big void in the mental health system. It seems our only options (for us-not necessarily everyone) is the typical outpatient, short visits with no support between those appts, acute psychiatric hospital (apprx 3-7 day stay), or call the police and turn it all over the county/state- who by the way, believes in the "one size fits all" treatment- they provide the same behavior management contract to all kids, no matter what. Then, the court's stand is that if what has been tried hasn't "solved the problem" then they have no choice but to take the kid into the system. That might be a temporary "bandaid" solution to keep everyone safe, but you would think that mental health profs. and legal authorities would be advocating for the actual provisions that are needed, rather than pointing the finger at each other and finding a way to blame the parents in the process. I can only hope that we might be getting to a point where legal authorities, psychiatrists/tdocs, and parents are all yelling and demanding that the void in treatment options for the average family is filled- no matter what it cost to get insurance companies on board or local agencies to provide more than outpatient services and the "one size fits all" treatment plan. I heard a few months ago that it cost more for an adult to be in prison for one year than it does to send a person to college for four years. Can the cost of sending a juvenile to detention rather than provide adequate and appropriate mental health treatment be measured? [/QUOTE]
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