Mental Health and Suicide

connections
Wed, 10 Dec 2014 01:38:07 +0000

I didn’t read what mom4bwayboy said in that way, vocal1046, although I hear your concern. I heard the emphasis more on other behaviors, and also there is certainly the fear of them succumbing to using strong illegal drugs and alcohol while at college on top of the prescribed drug. Certainly easy access to drugs might be a consideration when considering location/environment. It depends on your child. Another consideration is the health center your college has, its accessibility, cost, how closely it works with students, and also how expensive and accessible mental health services are at the college and what sorts of doctors are staffed there. If your son/daughter plans on using a mental health professional, it’s best to set something up beforehand, ideally before school starts. In my own S’s case, he scrambled to find an affordable person, and just couldn’t. Most of the people covered were very inexperienced and/or overburdened and just tossed him different drugs without monitoring him or talking to him. I ended up paying to have him take the train home every two weeks so he could see the doctor at our home town (this doctor we had to pay for out of pocket).

The main thing I would have done differently is not to go into a sort of wishful thinking/denial approach that I did.