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Any point in getting axis II diagnosis for nearly 18 year old?
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<blockquote data-quote="Cracklin'Rose" data-source="post: 373296"><p>Thanks Sue for the quick response. It's good to be among people who get it. I used to belong to a support group for parents of troubled teens when we lived in Washington state. Instead of "difficult child's" we called them "star children." The group was a fantastic resource. I think in going through this process and meeting many other parents along the way, the saddest realization I have had is that there are so few success stories. Mostly it seems to come down to surviving until they are 18 when you can ask them to leave, and then waiting it out until they come to their senses somehow. You are exactly right when you point out these kids <em>will not change until they want to, period. </em></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Yes, I think you have hit the nail on the head here. I did talk to the case manager at the dbt program she was attending and we came to the conclusion that the only benefit from pursuing a diagnosis would be that the next time she came in contact with the mental health system they wouldn't be starting from scratch. Also, I think that if we do it now while her dad and I are still in the picture, we will be able to provide a lot of information about her childhood that she probably wouldn't share even if she remembered. Our next step is to try and get her to go back into inpatient treatment and while she is there I suppose we could work toward such a diagnosis. If she won't go to treatment then I guess that's the end of it.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cracklin'Rose, post: 373296"] Thanks Sue for the quick response. It's good to be among people who get it. I used to belong to a support group for parents of troubled teens when we lived in Washington state. Instead of "difficult child's" we called them "star children." The group was a fantastic resource. I think in going through this process and meeting many other parents along the way, the saddest realization I have had is that there are so few success stories. Mostly it seems to come down to surviving until they are 18 when you can ask them to leave, and then waiting it out until they come to their senses somehow. You are exactly right when you point out these kids [I]will not change until they want to, period. [/I] Yes, I think you have hit the nail on the head here. I did talk to the case manager at the dbt program she was attending and we came to the conclusion that the only benefit from pursuing a diagnosis would be that the next time she came in contact with the mental health system they wouldn't be starting from scratch. Also, I think that if we do it now while her dad and I are still in the picture, we will be able to provide a lot of information about her childhood that she probably wouldn't share even if she remembered. Our next step is to try and get her to go back into inpatient treatment and while she is there I suppose we could work toward such a diagnosis. If she won't go to treatment then I guess that's the end of it. Thanks again. [/QUOTE]
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