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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 234815" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Well, it's probably relatively safe to assume that the father at least suffered from depression. In any case, yes, we are referring to having your son go into a child/adolescent psychiatric ward of a hospital. (We refer to that as "psychiatric hospital" here.) It sounds worse than it is. My son is in one right now. Anyway, I'm not sure how long a typical stay would be for a medication-wash- others can probably tell you that. But, if the psychiatrist recommends it, I would think medicaid would pay for it. If your regular psychiatrist (psychiatrist) won't recommend it, switch psychiatrists and you'll probably have better luck.</p><p></p><p>Actually, you might check and see if there's a Children's hospital or teaching hospital (a hospital connected with a university that teaches medicine) and see if you can get an appointment with a psychiatrist for a second opinion. Then, explain all this history and tell him/her you'd like a medication-wash and Multi-disciplinary evaluation, with coomplete neuropsychological testing. This would be your best bet in narrowing down what is going on with him and getting adequate treatment and supports. Also, this will help get him on an IEP at school, if he's not already on one.</p><p></p><p>I also recommend reading The Explosive Child.</p><p></p><p>If you want to follow that route, let us know what state you are in and at least one person here can probably PM (private message) you a nearby place to start looking. If you don't want to make your state public knowledge, maybe look around on the board for a Moderator in a state near you and PM them. The mopderators have all been here a while and keep the board members on track LOL! I'm sure if you explain that you're a new member and would like to know of a nearby facility that might be able to do a medication-wash and MDE, that they will help you out.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, feel free to ask questions or vent or just let us know any specific problem you'd like some opinions about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 234815, member: 3699"] Well, it's probably relatively safe to assume that the father at least suffered from depression. In any case, yes, we are referring to having your son go into a child/adolescent psychiatric ward of a hospital. (We refer to that as "psychiatric hospital" here.) It sounds worse than it is. My son is in one right now. Anyway, I'm not sure how long a typical stay would be for a medication-wash- others can probably tell you that. But, if the psychiatrist recommends it, I would think medicaid would pay for it. If your regular psychiatrist (psychiatrist) won't recommend it, switch psychiatrists and you'll probably have better luck. Actually, you might check and see if there's a Children's hospital or teaching hospital (a hospital connected with a university that teaches medicine) and see if you can get an appointment with a psychiatrist for a second opinion. Then, explain all this history and tell him/her you'd like a medication-wash and Multi-disciplinary evaluation, with coomplete neuropsychological testing. This would be your best bet in narrowing down what is going on with him and getting adequate treatment and supports. Also, this will help get him on an IEP at school, if he's not already on one. I also recommend reading The Explosive Child. If you want to follow that route, let us know what state you are in and at least one person here can probably PM (private message) you a nearby place to start looking. If you don't want to make your state public knowledge, maybe look around on the board for a Moderator in a state near you and PM them. The mopderators have all been here a while and keep the board members on track LOL! I'm sure if you explain that you're a new member and would like to know of a nearby facility that might be able to do a medication-wash and MDE, that they will help you out. In the meantime, feel free to ask questions or vent or just let us know any specific problem you'd like some opinions about. [/QUOTE]
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