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UPDATE--how to get hospitalized
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<blockquote data-quote="elisem" data-source="post: 67368" data-attributes="member: 2834"><p>Well--I agree, but I can't say I'm surprised. The reason we're taking him to a psychiatrist an hour away is that our pediatrician told us flat out that there simply aren't enough psychiatrists in our rather backward part of the country. We were warned repeatedly but her and by other famillies and even another psychiatrist's office that it takes months and moths to get ANYTHING done around here--that's why we were so thrilled to get an appointment for a diagnosis with only a two month wait.</p><p></p><p>I'll let you in on a secret--when we have our appointment, I'm going to take a packed bag for difficult child, because psychiatrist is located at another, much larger children's hospital, and if he's still the way he's been for the past several days, I'm hoping THEY'LL admit him. </p><p></p><p>Ok, that's awful, saying I hope they'll admit him to a hospital. He's only seven, for heaven's sake! But I'm under the impression that if he's in a hospital they'll be able to determine what sort of help he needs in order for him to get help a whole lot more quickly than if we just have to keep bringing him back for office visits.</p><p></p><p>still hopeful,</p><p></p><p>C</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elisem, post: 67368, member: 2834"] Well--I agree, but I can't say I'm surprised. The reason we're taking him to a psychiatrist an hour away is that our pediatrician told us flat out that there simply aren't enough psychiatrists in our rather backward part of the country. We were warned repeatedly but her and by other famillies and even another psychiatrist's office that it takes months and moths to get ANYTHING done around here--that's why we were so thrilled to get an appointment for a diagnosis with only a two month wait. I'll let you in on a secret--when we have our appointment, I'm going to take a packed bag for difficult child, because psychiatrist is located at another, much larger children's hospital, and if he's still the way he's been for the past several days, I'm hoping THEY'LL admit him. Ok, that's awful, saying I hope they'll admit him to a hospital. He's only seven, for heaven's sake! But I'm under the impression that if he's in a hospital they'll be able to determine what sort of help he needs in order for him to get help a whole lot more quickly than if we just have to keep bringing him back for office visits. still hopeful, C [/QUOTE]
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