Denial, Denial, Denial – Placement just fell through
Well. We were all set to take David to a new facility on Monday. Today, that fell through. Evidently, we haven’t tried hard enough. We haven’t driven enough miles. We haven’t tried this program or that. The psychiatrist’s recommendation isn’t enough. We didn’t try to give up custody to the state. The language that the psychiatrist used in her last notes about our visit was that I was trying to provoke a response in my son. No prior outpatient treatment has been tried and/org symptoms do not support the need for the intensity of services. Inpatient treatment under the direction of a physician is not required. Documentation does not demonstrate that services can improve the recipients condition or prevent further regression. I didn’t comment and try to provoke a response. The psychiatrist told me in front of David that we would need to give up custody to the state to