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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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    jo and jack said:

    School, we know is not the environment and positive experience it could be for him, but it has improved too what it was. Many discussion/letters on lack of support/disability discrimination have been had and sent too school.

    so school isn't as bad as it was but it still isn't good? The influence of the environment is cumulative and will have built up over the years.

    Does he need to be at school or would he benefit from taking some time out?


    CAMHS, from our visit last week, they don't seem to that concerned with his presentation/mental health. We are seeing them again this Thurs, to see how he is.

    Advice was around keeping sharp objects out of his view/reach.

    He needs reassurance and positive encouragement. If he is in the wrong frame of mind then he will seek out a weapon, better to reduce the anxiety and distress.


    We will be insisting on a ref to psychiatrist to further explore his mental health.

    but only a specialist with specific expertese in autistic spectrum patients.


    A question that keeps going round my head. If a person is diagnosed with such conditions ASD+ADHD, and one of the areas leave the person with deficits in displaying emotions/communications. Then asking someone on the spectrum days after an event to tell someone how they felt at that particular time, how would that work. In my view (and I could well be wrong) my son is very much here and now, struggles to remember effectively some past events.

    He may have deficits in displaying emotion but under the surface he may be in turmoil and obsessing over something. He may not be able to go back to something that you think is relevant because it isn't relevant to his thoughts at the moment.

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  • Former Member
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    jo and jack said:

    School, we know is not the environment and positive experience it could be for him, but it has improved too what it was. Many discussion/letters on lack of support/disability discrimination have been had and sent too school.

    so school isn't as bad as it was but it still isn't good? The influence of the environment is cumulative and will have built up over the years.

    Does he need to be at school or would he benefit from taking some time out?


    CAMHS, from our visit last week, they don't seem to that concerned with his presentation/mental health. We are seeing them again this Thurs, to see how he is.

    Advice was around keeping sharp objects out of his view/reach.

    He needs reassurance and positive encouragement. If he is in the wrong frame of mind then he will seek out a weapon, better to reduce the anxiety and distress.


    We will be insisting on a ref to psychiatrist to further explore his mental health.

    but only a specialist with specific expertese in autistic spectrum patients.


    A question that keeps going round my head. If a person is diagnosed with such conditions ASD+ADHD, and one of the areas leave the person with deficits in displaying emotions/communications. Then asking someone on the spectrum days after an event to tell someone how they felt at that particular time, how would that work. In my view (and I could well be wrong) my son is very much here and now, struggles to remember effectively some past events.

    He may have deficits in displaying emotion but under the surface he may be in turmoil and obsessing over something. He may not be able to go back to something that you think is relevant because it isn't relevant to his thoughts at the moment.

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