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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 555713" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>I think the gist of the article is about the horrendous lack of services and resources for parents, though I do have to take exception to Dr. Smith (psychiatrist) who seems to think a lot of the problem is parents having problems placing limits - would love to know how long the wait is to get in to see her for a psychiatric evaluation and how promptly she returns calls. And she thinks ERs are traumatic for kids? What about the trauma to the kids (and innocent bystanders) when they're engaged in out of control behavior? She doesn't impress me. </p><p></p><p>Does remind me of a delightful day we spent in ER when thank you was probably 7 or 8. Boo had had a dr. appointment. As we were getting ready to head home, I had loaded baby Diva in the van and turned around to get Boo out of wheelchair into carseat. thank you locked the car doors. Diva's inside screaming, Boo is outside laughing (he always enjoyed thank you's hijinks), and I'm trying desperately to get into van, which simply couldn't be done because I'd no sooner unlock a door than thank you would lock it again. Long story short, hospital security came and somehow managed to get thank you out of van and drove him over to ER (we were already at a hospital). thank you was his usual self in waiting area, animal noises, crawling under chairs, loud, obnoxious, completely out of control. Smarty pants security guard muttered something about parents not being able to control their kids. Joke was on him, because when thank you bit the nurse who was trying to put the ID bracelet on him, they finally figured out he needed to be secluded. Guess which smarty pants security guard had the pleasure of trying to contain thank you in a holding room that had a broken door??? I just smiled sweetly at him and let *him* try to "control" thank you. </p><p></p><p>But I do agree that that ER visit, and so many others, really were not the optimal solution to the problem. It's just that there are no other options. Community based crisis management teams would have been far more appropriate (assuming trained staff), but that just doesn't exist here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 555713, member: 8"] I think the gist of the article is about the horrendous lack of services and resources for parents, though I do have to take exception to Dr. Smith (psychiatrist) who seems to think a lot of the problem is parents having problems placing limits - would love to know how long the wait is to get in to see her for a psychiatric evaluation and how promptly she returns calls. And she thinks ERs are traumatic for kids? What about the trauma to the kids (and innocent bystanders) when they're engaged in out of control behavior? She doesn't impress me. Does remind me of a delightful day we spent in ER when thank you was probably 7 or 8. Boo had had a dr. appointment. As we were getting ready to head home, I had loaded baby Diva in the van and turned around to get Boo out of wheelchair into carseat. thank you locked the car doors. Diva's inside screaming, Boo is outside laughing (he always enjoyed thank you's hijinks), and I'm trying desperately to get into van, which simply couldn't be done because I'd no sooner unlock a door than thank you would lock it again. Long story short, hospital security came and somehow managed to get thank you out of van and drove him over to ER (we were already at a hospital). thank you was his usual self in waiting area, animal noises, crawling under chairs, loud, obnoxious, completely out of control. Smarty pants security guard muttered something about parents not being able to control their kids. Joke was on him, because when thank you bit the nurse who was trying to put the ID bracelet on him, they finally figured out he needed to be secluded. Guess which smarty pants security guard had the pleasure of trying to contain thank you in a holding room that had a broken door??? I just smiled sweetly at him and let *him* try to "control" thank you. But I do agree that that ER visit, and so many others, really were not the optimal solution to the problem. It's just that there are no other options. Community based crisis management teams would have been far more appropriate (assuming trained staff), but that just doesn't exist here. [/QUOTE]
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