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5 Year Old Referred for Hospitalization (Mental Health)
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 617128" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>To me it sounds that many of his struggles may be sensory or anxiety related. Those together (and with added early ADHD diagnosis) often morphed to something in autism spectrum. Either a diagnosis or 'just' traits. Being social doesn't really rule that out, not especially with someone so young. Child that young may seem very social and even be so and difference for age-appropriate social skills may be difficult to put your finger on. But big clue is, that his peers do notice the difference. They know, he is not quite like others. Neuropsychologist and occupational therapist and evaluations from them could be useful.</p><p></p><p>For example toilet issues you describe sound very sensory. 'Liking' to be spanked could be either sensory, or total confusion how to handle that kind of situation and anxiety, or both. Him not trying at school sounds performance anxiety and so on. </p><p></p><p>Hospitalization can be a good thing, if he is going to be appropriately evaluated for the time he will be there. Just warehousing him there for few days will not do any good. It may be more useful to actually book the evaluations than hope there will be right professionals present when ever he happens to be hospitalised. However, it may be helpful to think that mental health or neurological issues are not different from physical issues. If he is very sick and needs urgent care, he needs to be at hospital. It doesn't matter how young or old he is. If it is not needing 24/7 care, you can go outpatient route to treat the issue. But in the end mental health or behavioural neurological issues are no different than various physical issues. When a child is ill, they have to be treated in appropriate way. If hospitalisation is needed, there is no shame in that any more than if it is needed due for example epileptic seizure or leukaemia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 617128, member: 14557"] To me it sounds that many of his struggles may be sensory or anxiety related. Those together (and with added early ADHD diagnosis) often morphed to something in autism spectrum. Either a diagnosis or 'just' traits. Being social doesn't really rule that out, not especially with someone so young. Child that young may seem very social and even be so and difference for age-appropriate social skills may be difficult to put your finger on. But big clue is, that his peers do notice the difference. They know, he is not quite like others. Neuropsychologist and occupational therapist and evaluations from them could be useful. For example toilet issues you describe sound very sensory. 'Liking' to be spanked could be either sensory, or total confusion how to handle that kind of situation and anxiety, or both. Him not trying at school sounds performance anxiety and so on. Hospitalization can be a good thing, if he is going to be appropriately evaluated for the time he will be there. Just warehousing him there for few days will not do any good. It may be more useful to actually book the evaluations than hope there will be right professionals present when ever he happens to be hospitalised. However, it may be helpful to think that mental health or neurological issues are not different from physical issues. If he is very sick and needs urgent care, he needs to be at hospital. It doesn't matter how young or old he is. If it is not needing 24/7 care, you can go outpatient route to treat the issue. But in the end mental health or behavioural neurological issues are no different than various physical issues. When a child is ill, they have to be treated in appropriate way. If hospitalisation is needed, there is no shame in that any more than if it is needed due for example epileptic seizure or leukaemia. [/QUOTE]
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