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<blockquote data-quote="AHF" data-source="post: 407501" data-attributes="member: 11180"><p>I have actually considered that, if I need to cut him off, I should cut off the funding for mental health. He is a compulsive poker player, though that's not his main issue--bipolar and possibly a personality disorder are more fundamental--and so money looms as an even larger piece than with other problems. And it seems to me that if he is refusing to take treatment seriously, if he's acting as though treatment is something he's doing for me rather than something I'm supporting for him, then I should get out of the mental-health funding business. Keep the insurance going maybe, but let him cover the rest. As to wilderness vs cutting him off--the question is whether anything can help without complete buy-in from the patient. With his Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (and he was in an age-appropriate venue, neither the oldest nor the youngest in the place), he was not at all eager to go and yet he got something out of it, something that we're all loathe to see vanish entirely. He does not belong back there, and I hope he does not have to return, for his own sake and for the sake of my financial well-being. And other solutions, like this step-down program, obviously don't work if those working with the patient are trying harder than he is. And if he is left on his own, he will find temporary support in the arms of the vampires who have gotten their poker hooks into him, then crash and burn and end up back in the hospital. So my question is whether the wilderness thing is worth a shot, or if those who've been there think I should save my $$ and just await the worst.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AHF, post: 407501, member: 11180"] I have actually considered that, if I need to cut him off, I should cut off the funding for mental health. He is a compulsive poker player, though that's not his main issue--bipolar and possibly a personality disorder are more fundamental--and so money looms as an even larger piece than with other problems. And it seems to me that if he is refusing to take treatment seriously, if he's acting as though treatment is something he's doing for me rather than something I'm supporting for him, then I should get out of the mental-health funding business. Keep the insurance going maybe, but let him cover the rest. As to wilderness vs cutting him off--the question is whether anything can help without complete buy-in from the patient. With his Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (and he was in an age-appropriate venue, neither the oldest nor the youngest in the place), he was not at all eager to go and yet he got something out of it, something that we're all loathe to see vanish entirely. He does not belong back there, and I hope he does not have to return, for his own sake and for the sake of my financial well-being. And other solutions, like this step-down program, obviously don't work if those working with the patient are trying harder than he is. And if he is left on his own, he will find temporary support in the arms of the vampires who have gotten their poker hooks into him, then crash and burn and end up back in the hospital. So my question is whether the wilderness thing is worth a shot, or if those who've been there think I should save my $$ and just await the worst. [/QUOTE]
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