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Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Units

Fuchsia

Hi.  I wondered if anyone has any experience of any of these.  My daughter (17) was in one for several months last year and, although she made progress and was not unhappy there, they were very ignorant regarding ASDs.  It now looks as if she may need to be admitted again and I am wondering if there are any which are particularly good with people on the spectrum.

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  • Thanks for your replies.  She is not an inpatient at the moment but she is likely to be.  I was really asking if anyone had experience of the inpatient adolescent mental health units and if any were better than others regarding understanding ASDs.  There is no doubt she has conversion disorder which is basically caused by her severe anxiety translating into physical symptoms.  As I think I said, when she was admitted last year she was unable to move but within 2 days of admission, she was walking around normally.  However, they didn't address the anxiety and now her disordered eating (which was present but not severely) has got a lot worse to the extent that she is not eating solid food at all.  When food is offered she gets conversion symptoms and is unable to move her arm, as soon as the food is removed, she is able to move again.

    My concerns are to do with them ignoring the fact that she was on the spectrum on a day to day basis, in how they gave her instructions .. for example ...telling her to strip her bed etc (she had no idea what they meant).  They then showed her what to do but when she asked again the next week, they expected her to know "we told you last week". What we have done here is visual reminders which work well.

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  • Thanks for your replies.  She is not an inpatient at the moment but she is likely to be.  I was really asking if anyone had experience of the inpatient adolescent mental health units and if any were better than others regarding understanding ASDs.  There is no doubt she has conversion disorder which is basically caused by her severe anxiety translating into physical symptoms.  As I think I said, when she was admitted last year she was unable to move but within 2 days of admission, she was walking around normally.  However, they didn't address the anxiety and now her disordered eating (which was present but not severely) has got a lot worse to the extent that she is not eating solid food at all.  When food is offered she gets conversion symptoms and is unable to move her arm, as soon as the food is removed, she is able to move again.

    My concerns are to do with them ignoring the fact that she was on the spectrum on a day to day basis, in how they gave her instructions .. for example ...telling her to strip her bed etc (she had no idea what they meant).  They then showed her what to do but when she asked again the next week, they expected her to know "we told you last week". What we have done here is visual reminders which work well.

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