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Strugglin' horribly with 11 year old with Conduct Disorder & Personality Disorder
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 490384" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there and welcome to the board, but so sorry you have to be here.</p><p></p><p>Bear with me. I have a few more questions that will help us understand the situation more and hopefully then we can support and help you the best we know how.</p><p></p><p>1/How was this child's early development and what was his early years like...infancy and toddlerhood? Was there a lot of chaos? Was he shuffled back and forth from one caregiver to another? Did his mother substance abuse and, if so, did she do it while she was pregnant (this in utero ingestion of substances can greatly affect a child's later behavior...I adopted a child whose birthmother was a drug addict). How often does he see Mom? </p><p></p><p>2/Who evaluated him? What type of a doctor? It is very rare for a doctor to diagnose CD or antisocial personality disorder in a child. That is normally reserved for people over eighteen, which makes me think that maybe he is a social worker or a talk therapist rather than a neuropsychologist or a psychiatrist. And labels can be wrong. Not saying StepSon doesn't act like a total sociopath, but there could be other reasons for that. And it could be because his early life or even now...that his life has been full of uncertainly, various caregivers, and a lack of any security. This can cause attachment issues, which cause the child to learn not to really depend on or care about anyone else...because, in his world, he has not been able to. Three huge danger signs for unattached kids are cruelty to animals, intense interest in fire, and peeing and pooping inappropriately. We had an adopted child like that in our house once...so we learned a lot about developing psychopathy in children.</p><p></p><p>3/Are there any neurological or psychiatric problems on e ither side of his genetic family tree...bipolar, autism, schizophrenia, any suicides, etc. He is 50% his father's DNA and 50% his birthmother's DNA. </p><p></p><p>He sounds very sick and very dangerous, which is why I am wondering if he had a chaotic life.</p><p></p><p>Welcome again and we are glad to have you here. We will always "listen."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 490384, member: 1550"] Hi there and welcome to the board, but so sorry you have to be here. Bear with me. I have a few more questions that will help us understand the situation more and hopefully then we can support and help you the best we know how. 1/How was this child's early development and what was his early years like...infancy and toddlerhood? Was there a lot of chaos? Was he shuffled back and forth from one caregiver to another? Did his mother substance abuse and, if so, did she do it while she was pregnant (this in utero ingestion of substances can greatly affect a child's later behavior...I adopted a child whose birthmother was a drug addict). How often does he see Mom? 2/Who evaluated him? What type of a doctor? It is very rare for a doctor to diagnose CD or antisocial personality disorder in a child. That is normally reserved for people over eighteen, which makes me think that maybe he is a social worker or a talk therapist rather than a neuropsychologist or a psychiatrist. And labels can be wrong. Not saying StepSon doesn't act like a total sociopath, but there could be other reasons for that. And it could be because his early life or even now...that his life has been full of uncertainly, various caregivers, and a lack of any security. This can cause attachment issues, which cause the child to learn not to really depend on or care about anyone else...because, in his world, he has not been able to. Three huge danger signs for unattached kids are cruelty to animals, intense interest in fire, and peeing and pooping inappropriately. We had an adopted child like that in our house once...so we learned a lot about developing psychopathy in children. 3/Are there any neurological or psychiatric problems on e ither side of his genetic family tree...bipolar, autism, schizophrenia, any suicides, etc. He is 50% his father's DNA and 50% his birthmother's DNA. He sounds very sick and very dangerous, which is why I am wondering if he had a chaotic life. Welcome again and we are glad to have you here. We will always "listen." [/QUOTE]
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