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Need Help! 17yr old diagnosed with Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED), what are my options
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 343860" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Hi and Welcome! </p><p></p><p>It isn't so much that we get "tired of them" and say "take them to jail" as much as it is that courts and criminal charges can open up doors to mental health treatment. It is a sad and scary fact that much of our mental health care system is ONLY accessible through the criminal court system. So parents who have called the police did not get tired of their child or their problems and decide to get rid of them. </p><p></p><p>We found, after months and YEARS of trying to get help and to help our loved one, that the ONLY way to get help was to file criminal charges and have the courts order help. Often there simply is no other avenue left. In the cases where there are avenues left, OFTEN our mentally ill loved ones refuse to take it! Medication is often refused or taken improperly, tools learned through counseling are ignored or not used for other reasons, and if the ill person does not WANT help, WANT to do the HARD HARD HARD work necessary to get well, programs will not take them. </p><p></p><p>This can leave the family in a very difficult position, one where they do not want to enable the loved one, where it isn't safe to be around the loved one because of violence, and where the only way they can get ANY help is to get the courts involved.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, at 17, your son can refuse any and ALL help. I hope very much you can find a boarding school (residential treatment center or emotional growth boarding school may be the best options) and that you can afford to pay for it. Many of us cannot. </p><p></p><p>Whatever happens, we are here and will offer advice, support, friendship and understanding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 343860, member: 1233"] Hi and Welcome! It isn't so much that we get "tired of them" and say "take them to jail" as much as it is that courts and criminal charges can open up doors to mental health treatment. It is a sad and scary fact that much of our mental health care system is ONLY accessible through the criminal court system. So parents who have called the police did not get tired of their child or their problems and decide to get rid of them. We found, after months and YEARS of trying to get help and to help our loved one, that the ONLY way to get help was to file criminal charges and have the courts order help. Often there simply is no other avenue left. In the cases where there are avenues left, OFTEN our mentally ill loved ones refuse to take it! Medication is often refused or taken improperly, tools learned through counseling are ignored or not used for other reasons, and if the ill person does not WANT help, WANT to do the HARD HARD HARD work necessary to get well, programs will not take them. This can leave the family in a very difficult position, one where they do not want to enable the loved one, where it isn't safe to be around the loved one because of violence, and where the only way they can get ANY help is to get the courts involved. Sadly, at 17, your son can refuse any and ALL help. I hope very much you can find a boarding school (residential treatment center or emotional growth boarding school may be the best options) and that you can afford to pay for it. Many of us cannot. Whatever happens, we are here and will offer advice, support, friendship and understanding. [/QUOTE]
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