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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 407647" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>AHF - Welcome. I am almost positive I know the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) you are talking about, I think it is the same one my son Matt was in. Since we can't say names of places on the board, suffice to say I know exactly where you are coming from.</p><p></p><p>Matt was at wilderness before he went to the Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Here is my problem with Wilderness, there is no Dr supervision. In fact none of the staff had counseling degrees, and the one that did came to visit for an hour once a week. Matt spent 2 weeks spiraling into a deeper and deeper mental break, until he was almost psychotic. Finally they called me via a Satellite phone, and it took me to tell them that if he did not get in a hospital asap, something really, really bad was going to happen. By then, they had to walk him out 10 miles to get to a road to get him to a hospital. For me, it was the worst decision in care that I have ever made for Matt. He was too sick of a kid to not have a Dr supervising his medications, and assessing his mental stability.</p><p></p><p>Now, on the flip side - I would have truly excelled at something like that. That is exactly what my parents should have done for me when I was depressed as a teen. You are the only one that knows your kid - and you just have to weigh all of these options and be careful.</p><p></p><p>For your last question - I am not sure. It depends on how sick and depressed he is. I can get so depressed that simply the thought of having to pick up a phone to take care of something seems like something I cannot handle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 407647, member: 3301"] AHF - Welcome. I am almost positive I know the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) you are talking about, I think it is the same one my son Matt was in. Since we can't say names of places on the board, suffice to say I know exactly where you are coming from. Matt was at wilderness before he went to the Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Here is my problem with Wilderness, there is no Dr supervision. In fact none of the staff had counseling degrees, and the one that did came to visit for an hour once a week. Matt spent 2 weeks spiraling into a deeper and deeper mental break, until he was almost psychotic. Finally they called me via a Satellite phone, and it took me to tell them that if he did not get in a hospital asap, something really, really bad was going to happen. By then, they had to walk him out 10 miles to get to a road to get him to a hospital. For me, it was the worst decision in care that I have ever made for Matt. He was too sick of a kid to not have a Dr supervising his medications, and assessing his mental stability. Now, on the flip side - I would have truly excelled at something like that. That is exactly what my parents should have done for me when I was depressed as a teen. You are the only one that knows your kid - and you just have to weigh all of these options and be careful. For your last question - I am not sure. It depends on how sick and depressed he is. I can get so depressed that simply the thought of having to pick up a phone to take care of something seems like something I cannot handle. [/QUOTE]
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