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Concerns regarding my son's mental health, information and advice welcome

jo and jack

Had appointment today at CAMHS with my son(15yrs old, ASD+ADHD). To discuss recent episode of low mood, agitation, anger, hearing voices etc.
My son also discuss for the first time the voices are of around 6 people, male and female. They speak negative to him, telling him to harm people(with a knife). He hasn't acted on these voices and commands.
CAMHS worker will ref for mental health screening but doesn't see depression/mental health diagnosis?
Yes I am worried, shocked and upset, I knew my son was holding stuff back from me.
Have any of you exp this type of behaviour from your children or self???

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    Firstly, hearing voices is much more common than once thought. Have a look at

    www.mind.org.uk/.../hearing-voices

    Secondly, it sounds as though he is being referred to someone who can distinguish between normal and alarming. If it was just hearing voices then it wouldn't be too alarming but the instructions to use a knife are alarming. Sounds to me as though CAMHS are doing the right thing.

    Depression is very common with ASD so you will find quite a lot of discussion about it here in the forum if you "search the community". It is possible that our predisposition to depression together with the social isolation that is common with ASD have taken him to a bad place and he needs to be helped back to a better mental state.

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    Firstly, hearing voices is much more common than once thought. Have a look at

    www.mind.org.uk/.../hearing-voices

    Secondly, it sounds as though he is being referred to someone who can distinguish between normal and alarming. If it was just hearing voices then it wouldn't be too alarming but the instructions to use a knife are alarming. Sounds to me as though CAMHS are doing the right thing.

    Depression is very common with ASD so you will find quite a lot of discussion about it here in the forum if you "search the community". It is possible that our predisposition to depression together with the social isolation that is common with ASD have taken him to a bad place and he needs to be helped back to a better mental state.

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