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Abernethy · 10-05-2008, 02:31 AM

Over the past four or five months my mental health has been deteriorating. I haven’t been compliant, to any degree, with the aftercare agreement my psychiatrist made (as one of the conditions of my discharge from a Section Three). I have stopped taking my medication, and have actively resisted all attempts to be seen or assessed by my Treatment Team.

My mother, however, has been attending all appointments in my absence, despite the fact that I am 18 years old and under the care of Adult Mental Health Services.

I believed that I would eventually be “left alone” on account of my non-compliance, but that hasn’t been the case. Last Tuesday, two psychiatrists, two social workers, and four police officers came to my house, forced their way into my bedroom, and told me that they were going to place me on a Section Two and hospitalise me. I was watched over by the police officers while the doctors tried to arrange my admission, but it transpired that there were no beds available. Currently, I am on an emergency waiting list, and as soon as a bed does become available, I will be forcibly taken into hospital.

I have been in a psychiatric hospital twice before, once voluntarily, once involuntarily, but I was an adolescent then, and was on an adolescent ward. I’ve heard that there are differences between adult and adolescent wards, and my question to anyone reading this is: what are the differences? Any insights, opinions or experiences you have to offer would be really helpful to me; and if you’d prefer not to post publicly, you are welcome to PM me.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Jade.

10-05-2008, 02:31 AM	#1
Abernethy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Manchester, UK	Differences Between Adult and Adolescent Psychiatric Wards? Over the past four or five months my mental health has been deteriorating. I haven’t been compliant, to any degree, with the aftercare agreement my psychiatrist made (as one of the conditions of my discharge from a Section Three). I have stopped taking my medication, and have actively resisted all attempts to be seen or assessed by my Treatment Team. My mother, however, has been attending all appointments in my absence, despite the fact that I am 18 years old and under the care of Adult Mental Health Services. I believed that I would eventually be “left alone” on account of my non-compliance, but that hasn’t been the case. Last Tuesday, two psychiatrists, two social workers, and four police officers came to my house, forced their way into my bedroom, and told me that they were going to place me on a Section Two and hospitalise me. I was watched over by the police officers while the doctors tried to arrange my admission, but it transpired that there were no beds available. Currently, I am on an emergency waiting list, and as soon as a bed does become available, I will be forcibly taken into hospital. I have been in a psychiatric hospital twice before, once voluntarily, once involuntarily, but I was an adolescent then, and was on an adolescent ward. I’ve heard that there are differences between adult and adolescent wards, and my question to anyone reading this is: what are the differences? Any insights, opinions or experiences you have to offer would be really helpful to me; and if you’d prefer not to post publicly, you are welcome to PM me. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Jade.
Abernethy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Manchester, UK	Since you ask, most days I cannot remember. I walk in my clothing, unmarked by that voyage. Then the almost unnameable lust returns.