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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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    The school have failed to provide a good environment for him. He is not socially integrated and accepted and his mental health is being damaged as a result. Mental health problems are frequent consequences of poorly managed ASD. How quickly is his referral being progressed? As it stands he is showing things that, in a non autistic person, would be treated in isolation (schizophrenia and bipolar spring to mind from what you have said so far). Given his ASD however, it is imperative that the whole situation is taken into account and a better environment is built around him so that he can recover a more balanced view of the world and how he fits into it.

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    The school have failed to provide a good environment for him. He is not socially integrated and accepted and his mental health is being damaged as a result. Mental health problems are frequent consequences of poorly managed ASD. How quickly is his referral being progressed? As it stands he is showing things that, in a non autistic person, would be treated in isolation (schizophrenia and bipolar spring to mind from what you have said so far). Given his ASD however, it is imperative that the whole situation is taken into account and a better environment is built around him so that he can recover a more balanced view of the world and how he fits into it.

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