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<blockquote data-quote="Nandina" data-source="post: 761486" data-attributes="member: 23742"><p>Thank you for your kind words, Acacia.</p><p></p><p>You are absolutely right about the state of mental health treatment in this country. I was hoping that our new president’s experience with a child’s drug addiction might help further the cause but I’m sure it isn’t a priority right now, due to all the other balls he’s juggling. I am still hopeful because it is an issue close to his heart. </p><p></p><p>In my son’s case, things had taken a turn for the better. I took the wise advice offered by the people on this forum and wrote the jailer, called mental health offices, and things started moving the end of last week. I started getting phone calls and very kind and compassionate people actually spoke to me and were reassuring that indeed, my son would get the treatment he needed. At that point, it appeared they would try to get him committed to an inmate psychiatric facility. But I would know nothing, because of Hippa laws. That was a little unnerving.</p><p></p><p>Then an even better turn, out of the blue, my son called me last night! He’s “back.” I was so relieved to hear him speaking and making sense! He was still a little foggy. It was as though he had had amnesia. I’m not sure if he had been given medication but he did mention that someone spoke to him about it. I implored him to take the medication, do whatever he had to do to get healthy and call me as much as he can. Also to sign the consent form so his dad and I can have access to his health information. He said he would take the medications; I don’t think he quite understood about the consent, but I will keep working on him.</p><p></p><p>He is incredibly naive about the possibility of getting freed from jail. I don’t think with two felonies and a “bail jumping”charge that will happen. I didn’t say that to him last night, though I had mentioned it previously when he was coherent. I keep telling him he has to pay the consequence for his crime, and it’s up to the judge. If he had stayed in the most recent drug treatment after his crime perhaps things would be different. But unfortunately, he chose to behave in ways that got him asked to leave treatment two times in two years.</p><p></p><p>The one thing we tried to stress in parenting this child his whole life was that when you do wrong you pay a consequence. But we all know how often some of these kids will stop bad behaviors due to potential consequences. In my son’s case, never. He never, ever learned from consequences. I am hoping with maturity this will change (he’s only 20), but only time will tell. He, too, is a victim of his birth mother’s drug and alcohol abuse during pregnancy and his brain has obviously been affected.</p><p></p><p>I would like to continue posting on Nomad’s thread that mentions Heart Strings. I don’t always feel like I can be of assistance to some of the issues presented here since I haven’t experienced them. But the issues in that thread, involving poor prenatal care and baby’s outcome, I feel I could almost write a book on.</p><p></p><p>Thank you, everyone who reached out to me to offer prayers, support and kindness in one of my saddest moments ever. I pray for the good people on this forum and their children, every day. Bless you all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nandina, post: 761486, member: 23742"] Thank you for your kind words, Acacia. You are absolutely right about the state of mental health treatment in this country. I was hoping that our new president’s experience with a child’s drug addiction might help further the cause but I’m sure it isn’t a priority right now, due to all the other balls he’s juggling. I am still hopeful because it is an issue close to his heart. In my son’s case, things had taken a turn for the better. I took the wise advice offered by the people on this forum and wrote the jailer, called mental health offices, and things started moving the end of last week. I started getting phone calls and very kind and compassionate people actually spoke to me and were reassuring that indeed, my son would get the treatment he needed. At that point, it appeared they would try to get him committed to an inmate psychiatric facility. But I would know nothing, because of Hippa laws. That was a little unnerving. Then an even better turn, out of the blue, my son called me last night! He’s “back.” I was so relieved to hear him speaking and making sense! He was still a little foggy. It was as though he had had amnesia. I’m not sure if he had been given medication but he did mention that someone spoke to him about it. I implored him to take the medication, do whatever he had to do to get healthy and call me as much as he can. Also to sign the consent form so his dad and I can have access to his health information. He said he would take the medications; I don’t think he quite understood about the consent, but I will keep working on him. He is incredibly naive about the possibility of getting freed from jail. I don’t think with two felonies and a “bail jumping”charge that will happen. I didn’t say that to him last night, though I had mentioned it previously when he was coherent. I keep telling him he has to pay the consequence for his crime, and it’s up to the judge. If he had stayed in the most recent drug treatment after his crime perhaps things would be different. But unfortunately, he chose to behave in ways that got him asked to leave treatment two times in two years. The one thing we tried to stress in parenting this child his whole life was that when you do wrong you pay a consequence. But we all know how often some of these kids will stop bad behaviors due to potential consequences. In my son’s case, never. He never, ever learned from consequences. I am hoping with maturity this will change (he’s only 20), but only time will tell. He, too, is a victim of his birth mother’s drug and alcohol abuse during pregnancy and his brain has obviously been affected. I would like to continue posting on Nomad’s thread that mentions Heart Strings. I don’t always feel like I can be of assistance to some of the issues presented here since I haven’t experienced them. But the issues in that thread, involving poor prenatal care and baby’s outcome, I feel I could almost write a book on. Thank you, everyone who reached out to me to offer prayers, support and kindness in one of my saddest moments ever. I pray for the good people on this forum and their children, every day. Bless you all. [/QUOTE]
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