DS (17) is a constant self harmed. He’s violent and suffers with rage. On Sunday night he came home arguining with someone on the phone and then stabbed him self in the stomach with a kitchen knife. He then ran off. Police and ambulance were called ... he was running down street at 2am screaming and shouting. Police followed up other calls by members of public and eventually found him suffering with stab wounds. He had emergency surgery and is now recovering on surgical ward. Mental health team are going to assess him as soon as he’s medically fit. I’m terrified they will simply send him home for him to do the same thing again. I know he will either kill him self or kill someone else. He threatens to kill people regularly.
WIBU to push for him to be sectioned? For his own safety and everyone else’s?
He’s currently awaiting the outcome of a serious assault charge on a random stranger which happened weeks ago so he is no stranger to violent attacks on others.