Posted by Nerine on November 26, 2003, at 4:59:18
In reply to Re: Newbie Advice, posted by TexasChic on November 24, 2003, at 11:13:42
Thanks very much, everyone. Judy, I don’t think she’s in immediate danger of suicide, but she regularly feels extremely low and hopeless, and I think even in her better states of mind she is losing hope of being fully understood by the professionals. She's weary after two years of seeing doctors and not finding a drug which works. There has been one occupational therapist who’s been with her throughout, though the rest of the team has changed a lot.
Dr Rod and TexasChic, they have update meetings every two months or so, which I go to. I’ve said at each meeting that I’m very happy to come along to anything to which they want to invite me, but there’s never been any mention of family therapy apart from this. My daughter doesn’t know anyone in the unit who does get family therapy – it doesn’t seem to be part of their programme for that age-group (17-18). After the last meeting when my daughter was very upset, I drove her back to the hospital and asked to see one of the team, and asked them about the state of play and explained I felt I wasn’t able to follow what was happening there. They’ve said they’ll keep me informed.
The thing is, we live in the UK and this is the standard treatment provided by our national health service. I don’t know if we have private psychiatrists, but I suppose we must have some - I’ll try to find out.
Dr Rod - could you explain your point about suspending opinions? Sorry – I couldn’t understand what you were recommending we do.
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