Foster d in psych care.

[babytinkabell]

My 14 year old foster d was sectioned under the mental health act on Wednesday night and is now in a teen/adolescent psych unit. Myself and her sw brought her up there with the police. She has attemted suicide several times since Christmas, on Monday and Tuesday she attempted to jump out her bedroom window and off a bridge. I know she's in the right place, and hopefully they can give her the help she needs but I just feel sick at the thoughts of her being in there. She's so young and cried her eyes out when we left her there Weds night. Such a horrible situation.
I know we have done all we could for her, and hopefully she'll be back to us at some stage soon but I can't help feeling like there was something we missed or something we could have done better.

dear lord well lets hope she gets some reall help and they dont just dope her up.

chin up pet

Try not to blame yourself. This is really serious and there's nothing you can do about that. She would be where she is now whatever you might have done, and you have done your best.
Hopefully the poor lass is now getting the help she needs. Thankfully she has you to support her

All the best
Lilka xx

Thanks. She's in a really nice place and staff are lovely but there are so many staff and they give quite mixed messages which is driving me mad. The first nurse I spoke to yesterday said fd was fine, just quiet. A couple of hours later the next nurse said she had been really angry all day, was slamming doors and shouting.
Thhen yesterday evening one said I could talk to her if I called back at 8, when I called back the next nurse wouldn't let her talk to me... sick of the inconsistency.
Unfortunately her own doctor is off for a week so won't get any answers next week either. Had a visit yesterday, hated leaving her.