Did we do the right thing?

[mainebrokerman]

a catheter because he didn't have to pee??

that's just nuts..


no right or wrong....but there seems to be very little trust between you and your son where is the father in all this??? rebellious/ distraught male teens …. will walk all over their mothers and not think twice about it..

the father needs to give a united front..

set goals....talk ..

and mother...….don't smother mother him......and then not be there when he really needs you...

[brightdoglover]

Originally Posted by Joe the Photog

... I went through the same thing as an adult two years ago when I was suicidal. It did not make things better for me while I stayed in that room. They did not even give me a walker or let me keep my prosthetic leg, so I literally hopped to the bathroom on my one leg. I don't get it

Having worked in many psychiatric hospitals... The above isn't aimed at making a person feel better, it is to hold them safely until they can go to a proper treatment setting.

There is no other way to keep a suicidal person safe in the ER while waiting for an appropriate psych placement. The person cannot have access to anything with which to hurt themselves. Now, I do think the poster could have been escorted to the BR with staff and using a walker or their prosthetic leg, but would have to be watched the whole time in the BR. People can and will do anything.

[NDak15]

Originally Posted by silibran

If my son was being treated like this I would raise hell. There is no excuse, period.

Parents are the only advocates this child has.

You're saying to have a suicidal person just be out on his own? Are you ****ing kidding me?

[amil23]

I'm calling BS on this one. No one is crazy enough to treat their child this way.

[june 7th]

Thread is closed pending moderator consideration as to whether a message board is the correct or best place to seek advice pertaining to issues of this caliber.