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Author: David's Father

Explaining mental illness to the siblings.

Posted on April 26, 2013April 26, 2013 by David's Father

How do you explain mental illness to a child with Autism?   Are you blunt in your explanations? Should it be explained?   In our family, we have a child with severe mental illness.  He is currently in the hospital.  At home we have his siblings, how do we explain to the siblings the depth…

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Visited David tonight in Psych Unit.

Posted on April 25, 2013October 7, 2015 by David's Father

I hate going there.  Absolutely do not like it. Spent about 2 hours with David this evening in Psych.  We watched television.  We didn’t talk. If I asked him a question, I got a one syllable response. He said he is sleeping at night. I was told that he stole a couple of telephones and…

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David has entered the psych unit.

Posted on April 24, 2013April 24, 2013 by David's Father

David has been really struggling lately with his mental illnesses.  I use plural for a reason. Today, a lot happened.  He became combative.  It took four adults to restrain this 80 pound boy.  He becomes very strong when he is on this part of his “cycle”.  Meds don’t work, calming techniques don’t work.  The only…

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