Not to sound pushy – we will discharge if…
“Not to sound pushy.. we will discharge if…” Yes, that’s the opening salvo in a conversation with staff. “If you don’t take David home on an overnight pass either this weekend, or next, we will discharge him.” I argued. And will continue to argue. In the meeting prior to this one, that included David, I heard about how he is regressing. His behavior is reverting to past behaviors that they thought they were done seeing. I hate to say it. These people are professionals. They asked when he is violent or has been violent in the past. That’s hard to answer, because it happens whenever he is discharged from care. Last year it took nearly 10 months of severe behaviors, calls to law enforcement, stays in the psychiatric unit and safe bed to get him back into care. This is after he was discharged from a facility in January of