Guest guest Posted January 1, 2001 Report Share Posted January 1, 2001 Hello All, B has severe OCD and is currently an in-patient on the children's psychiatric unit at a huge Children's Hospital. We have a review coming up on Jan 3rd with the psychiatrist and would love the benefit of your experience , please. Since B's dx I have read everything I can get my hands on...some books are unavailable here in the UK and I'm trying to get them via the internet. On the basis of what we have read, we noticed that the staff on B's ward were NOT using any CBT techniques with him. Hubby and I spoke with the senior ward staff and found out that they do not have ANYONE on the staff trained in CBT at all !! I find this to be incredible as this is meant to be a centre of excellence. Anyway, to get to the point...the psychiatrist wants to discharge B soon after the review and the only follow up B will have is for the FAMILY to attend a clinic for family therapy. I am uneasy about this as it is a unit which deals primarily with dysfunctional families, usually referred by Social Services. ( The head of the unit is a senior social worker). When we spoke to the ward staff, we were told to bring up CBT at the review and to try and get the psychiatrist's opinion. Here in the UK, you have to be referred to places...there are very few private therapists and those are way too expensive...re-mortgaging house is impossible with little equity. How do we try and access the appropriate help for B without antagonising the " powers that be " ? ( Bearing in mind that we have , over the years, been labelled : over-protective mom, absent dad, munchausen's by proxy and so on!!) Many thanks a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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