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[quote=Anonymous]My 11-year-old DS is having increased difficulties with depression and anxiety causing struggles getting through the school day. It started with somatic symptoms and has blossomed to him expressing feelings of worthlessness, conflicts with peers during lunch/recess, and eventually him locking himself in the bathroom at school and refusing to come out. After the last event, he shared that he "didn't want to be around anymore" so we're taking it seriously and are considering Intensive Outpatient or Partial Hospitalization day programs. We are deciding between a few programs and wondered if anyone had recent experiences with any of the following:

Dominion PHP (no waitlist, in-person, 8-2:30pm) 
Discovery Mood and Anxiety IOP- Columbia (short waitlist, in person starting next week, 3:30-6:30pm)
Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center PHP- Baltimore (no waitlist, in-person, 9-3:30pm)

Inova, Adventist, and Shephard Pratt do not currently have programs for 11-year-olds. We want to help him in any way that we can and are struggling with sending him back to school before we get him stabilized. Funnily enough, at home he's happy and we're not experiencing any issues behaviorally. He has a diagnosis of ADHD, Anxiety, and depression and has been seeing a therapist weekly, and his psychiatrist every 6 weeks.

I've heard good things about Discovery, but he would be in a group with age ranges from 11-16 whereas at Dominion he would be on the pediatric floor with children up to 12. I've read mixed reviews on Dominion, and I'm not quite sure he needs a PHP program. Pathlight would be a shot in the dark and also the farthest from home. I haven't heard it mentioned on this board frequently. Thanks for any insight!
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