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second-guessing our decision to bring our son home from Residential Treatment Center (RTC)
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 245721" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>My oldest child, Wiz, spent 4 months in a psychiatric hospital. it was not an Residential Treatment Center (RTC), exactly, but it was also not the typical "spend a few days and go home" psychiatric hospital. They kept him until he got over hiding his problems and showed the staff the problems (it took 6 weeks and the therapist and I conspiring to have me push all his buttons in a therapy session until he exploded - awful thing to have to do, but he had to show/tell what was going on to get help - and they could tell he was hiding behavior problems.). </p><p></p><p>He did well for a year at home. Then he started the downward spiral. He had two typical short "acute" psychiatric hospital stays in a different facility (our insurance changed), and then I couldn't handle him anymore. </p><p></p><p>He was beating me and I called the police to come and remove him. They took him to a youth shelter, and the judge told ME to find a placement. Just when I had found one, my father decided to retire from teaching and keep Wiz with him to "fix" him.</p><p></p><p>Not sure what my dad did other than drag Wiz out to trim trees and bushes every time they had a problem, but Wiz is thriving, planning for life after high school, getting good grades, and it did give Gpa something to do when he retired other than just driving my mom nuts.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if keeping your son home will work or not. Really, it is mostly up to your son. I wish you the best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 245721, member: 1233"] My oldest child, Wiz, spent 4 months in a psychiatric hospital. it was not an Residential Treatment Center (RTC), exactly, but it was also not the typical "spend a few days and go home" psychiatric hospital. They kept him until he got over hiding his problems and showed the staff the problems (it took 6 weeks and the therapist and I conspiring to have me push all his buttons in a therapy session until he exploded - awful thing to have to do, but he had to show/tell what was going on to get help - and they could tell he was hiding behavior problems.). He did well for a year at home. Then he started the downward spiral. He had two typical short "acute" psychiatric hospital stays in a different facility (our insurance changed), and then I couldn't handle him anymore. He was beating me and I called the police to come and remove him. They took him to a youth shelter, and the judge told ME to find a placement. Just when I had found one, my father decided to retire from teaching and keep Wiz with him to "fix" him. Not sure what my dad did other than drag Wiz out to trim trees and bushes every time they had a problem, but Wiz is thriving, planning for life after high school, getting good grades, and it did give Gpa something to do when he retired other than just driving my mom nuts. I don't know if keeping your son home will work or not. Really, it is mostly up to your son. I wish you the best. [/QUOTE]
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