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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 315016" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>GCVMom--</p><p> </p><p>I agree with you completely. This kind of attitude is outrageous! We have received more complete instructions and treatment plans for insect bites, for gosh sakes!!!</p><p> </p><p>When difficult child was admitted and I had a chance to speak with the psychiatrist and staff, I was assured that there would be several "options" available to us at discharge--some kind of family support or referral for further treatment or recommendation for Residential Treatment Center (RTC).</p><p> </p><p>Instead, we are told, "<em>OK, she can come home</em>."</p><p> </p><p>What?!? What happened to those options? Weren't we supposed to get some kind of referral or recommendation? Wasn't there something else that was supposed to be available for us? What about everything we had discussed?</p><p> </p><p>Their response?</p><p> </p><p>"<em>What do you mean options?</em> <em>Just keep doing whatever it is you are doing.</em> "</p><p> </p><p>So--difficult child will return home to our surveillance system and locks and keys and bedroom inspections and we'll just wait until the next "incident" occurs and then she will be right back at psychiatric hospital.</p><p> </p><p>So when we pick difficult child up tomorrow and they tell us to "Have a nice day!"</p><p> </p><p>I guess we'll respond with "OK--See you back here in a few months."</p><p> </p><p>And the revolving door of our mental health system takes another spin....</p><p> </p><p>We are beginning to think that that is what is really at the core of this problem. It's not that we've been doing the wrong thing, or not seeking the right treatment or even that we're not asking the right people--I'm beginning to think that the services that difficult child needs are just not available in this area. Budget cuts have created a situation in which here is no psychiatrist or psychiatric hospital that is really equipped to handle anything that falls in between a mild problem and a severe mental impairment. If your feeling a little blue--there are plenty of counselors to talk to. If you are completely, raving mad--there is a state hospital to commit you to. </p><p> </p><p>BUT--if you are somewhere in-between....then tough luck.</p><p> </p><p>I'm saddened to hear that I am not alone in this experience--so many of our difficult children must fall into this "service limbo"....not severely impaired enough to qualify for services--but clearly needing more help than an ordinary doctor or therapist can provide.</p><p> </p><p>I wish I knew the answer....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 315016, member: 6546"] GCVMom-- I agree with you completely. This kind of attitude is outrageous! We have received more complete instructions and treatment plans for insect bites, for gosh sakes!!! When difficult child was admitted and I had a chance to speak with the psychiatrist and staff, I was assured that there would be several "options" available to us at discharge--some kind of family support or referral for further treatment or recommendation for Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Instead, we are told, "[I]OK, she can come home[/I]." What?!? What happened to those options? Weren't we supposed to get some kind of referral or recommendation? Wasn't there something else that was supposed to be available for us? What about everything we had discussed? Their response? "[I]What do you mean options?[/I] [I]Just keep doing whatever it is you are doing.[/I] " So--difficult child will return home to our surveillance system and locks and keys and bedroom inspections and we'll just wait until the next "incident" occurs and then she will be right back at psychiatric hospital. So when we pick difficult child up tomorrow and they tell us to "Have a nice day!" I guess we'll respond with "OK--See you back here in a few months." And the revolving door of our mental health system takes another spin.... We are beginning to think that that is what is really at the core of this problem. It's not that we've been doing the wrong thing, or not seeking the right treatment or even that we're not asking the right people--I'm beginning to think that the services that difficult child needs are just not available in this area. Budget cuts have created a situation in which here is no psychiatrist or psychiatric hospital that is really equipped to handle anything that falls in between a mild problem and a severe mental impairment. If your feeling a little blue--there are plenty of counselors to talk to. If you are completely, raving mad--there is a state hospital to commit you to. BUT--if you are somewhere in-between....then tough luck. I'm saddened to hear that I am not alone in this experience--so many of our difficult children must fall into this "service limbo"....not severely impaired enough to qualify for services--but clearly needing more help than an ordinary doctor or therapist can provide. I wish I knew the answer.... [/QUOTE]
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