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what to do when you're a prisoner in your own home?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 286733" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there. Sorry you have to be here, but welcome.</p><p></p><p>Without reading anyone else's responses, off the bat, it sounds like this kid has way more going on than ODD, which is normally a little kid diagnosis. Is he doing drugs?</p><p></p><p>Frankly, if you have younger kids in particular, I wouldn't want him in the house, whether or not he has been rejected before. He's very sick and needs in my opinion out-of-care help. I don't think a boot camp is going to do any good--I don't think he's as much bad as mentally ill, and I think an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (residential treatment center) may be a better bet.</p><p></p><p>He's definitely had a hard life, but with the suicide in the family, that's a big red flag that Mom may have had bipolar disorder--that is the mental illness with the highest suicide rate, even superseding schizophrenia or depression. I would want him out of the house to get him diagnosed correctly and stabilized. ODD frankly applies to any out-of-control child and isn't a very useful label. I really do think there's more to it--and at his age you can't discount drinking and drug use making everything even worse. My personal opinion is that in home therapy, especially at his age, isn't enough. I'd want him watched more closely and myself and my family protected from his behavior, even if it's because he is sick.</p><p></p><p>I wish you luck. Stick around and update us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 286733, member: 1550"] Hi there. Sorry you have to be here, but welcome. Without reading anyone else's responses, off the bat, it sounds like this kid has way more going on than ODD, which is normally a little kid diagnosis. Is he doing drugs? Frankly, if you have younger kids in particular, I wouldn't want him in the house, whether or not he has been rejected before. He's very sick and needs in my opinion out-of-care help. I don't think a boot camp is going to do any good--I don't think he's as much bad as mentally ill, and I think an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (residential treatment center) may be a better bet. He's definitely had a hard life, but with the suicide in the family, that's a big red flag that Mom may have had bipolar disorder--that is the mental illness with the highest suicide rate, even superseding schizophrenia or depression. I would want him out of the house to get him diagnosed correctly and stabilized. ODD frankly applies to any out-of-control child and isn't a very useful label. I really do think there's more to it--and at his age you can't discount drinking and drug use making everything even worse. My personal opinion is that in home therapy, especially at his age, isn't enough. I'd want him watched more closely and myself and my family protected from his behavior, even if it's because he is sick. I wish you luck. Stick around and update us. [/QUOTE]
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