Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Ann, Meredith is right, it's called Crisis Intervention. You can demand that your child be seen by them, altho I cant believe they weren't called in automatically with a suicide attempt. The ER by me never let my daughter go without being seen by CI, then she was always placed somewhere from there by ambulance. I couldn't even drive her. Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Hi Ann-- I'm surprised the Dr. was willing to take that kind of chance. If your daughter was intent on killing herself, you wouldn't have been able to keep her safe. And even if her attempt was a form of manipulation (to get her friend some help), it was just as serious. If something like that happened again, you could insist she be assessed in an ER and have the hospital call in their psych people. You don't have to take one doctor's word, especially one who doesn't know your daughter and has never seen her. My son was assessed by four different doctors and therapists in the ER at Kaiser before they decided to hospitalize him. That's how sure they wanted to be. Meredith ----- The return call was not our Dr. but someone else who said just to keep her safe and bring her in the morning! The emergency personell didn't like this idea, but what could I do? Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I agree she should've had CI, but the 3x we've been thru the ER for the crisis intervention, we waited 6-7 hrs for the person to come!!! My daughter gets very agitated and impatient . . cusses . . . etc. while waiting. I was just as happy to keep her hm and take her in the morning, but I didn't sleep at all!!!! I am so worried that she will kill herself even tho', at times, I don't think she's really serious about it. She is in so much emotional pain and wants friends so badly, but she just can't keep a friend!!! She doesn't see that her lying, backstabbing, talking trash about others . . . etc. make her lose friends. Is there anything I can do to help this situation? I don't think so, but if I'm missing something, someone please tell me!! Going to hospital to get her now. We'll see if they decided to inpatient her. They did call and say the Dr. is stopping the seroquel and increasing concerta. Ann --- funnygirl1154@... wrote: > Ann, > Meredith is right, it's called Crisis Intervention. > You can demand that > your child be seen by them, altho I cant believe > they weren't called in > automatically with a suicide attempt. The ER by me > never let my daughter go without > being seen by CI, then she was always placed > somewhere from there by > ambulance. I couldn't even drive her. > Debbie > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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