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Hey everybody, I'm told my difficult child is safe and stable, home tomorrow?!?!?!
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 382676" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>FW...are you using a state psychiatric hospital? You know, the ones everyone thinks of in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest? I dont mean to be funny but I found that at least in my state, the state hospital was a godsend. It wasnt pretty or particularly fancy but they kept the kids far longer than your average 3-5 days of the for profits. The state hospital was Cory's last inpatient stay. </p><p></p><p>He ended up at our local hospital which had no adolescent unit and they had to find a bed for him someplace fast. They tried to fast talk me into taking him home...even threatening me with legal action...but I refused. He had been in a group home when he was taken to the ER so I told them he wasnt brought in by me and I wasnt taking him home, if the group home wouldnt accept him back, the ER had to find some place. The only place they could find was the state hospital. They tried to scare me to death but it didnt work because I had been trying to get him there for months...lol. I said send him! He was there for 15 days and the psychiatrists were wonderful. They worked wonderfuly with us and him. Changed his medications to what I had wanted for almost a year. Cory actually signed himself in voluntarily. Then the hospital hooked him up with a psychiatric residential facility associated with the state hospital. He was there for 8 months. Again, not fancy but a great place. It was a locked facility which was what Cory had been needing for years. Best step I ever took. It was also income based. </p><p></p><p>Something to look into.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 382676, member: 1514"] FW...are you using a state psychiatric hospital? You know, the ones everyone thinks of in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest? I dont mean to be funny but I found that at least in my state, the state hospital was a godsend. It wasnt pretty or particularly fancy but they kept the kids far longer than your average 3-5 days of the for profits. The state hospital was Cory's last inpatient stay. He ended up at our local hospital which had no adolescent unit and they had to find a bed for him someplace fast. They tried to fast talk me into taking him home...even threatening me with legal action...but I refused. He had been in a group home when he was taken to the ER so I told them he wasnt brought in by me and I wasnt taking him home, if the group home wouldnt accept him back, the ER had to find some place. The only place they could find was the state hospital. They tried to scare me to death but it didnt work because I had been trying to get him there for months...lol. I said send him! He was there for 15 days and the psychiatrists were wonderful. They worked wonderfuly with us and him. Changed his medications to what I had wanted for almost a year. Cory actually signed himself in voluntarily. Then the hospital hooked him up with a psychiatric residential facility associated with the state hospital. He was there for 8 months. Again, not fancy but a great place. It was a locked facility which was what Cory had been needing for years. Best step I ever took. It was also income based. Something to look into. [/QUOTE]
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