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[quote=Anonymous]For my 11yo’s verbal suicide threat at school, they sent us to the children’s ER. In triage, they asked questions (specifically “Are you thinking of hurting yourself right now? Do you have a plan for how you would do it?”), explained the process if she was admitted, and then had us wait to speak with the doctor. Doctor came in, spoke with DD and us separately, then sent us home because it was her first time saying this as far as we knew, she didn’t appear to realize the severity of her words, and DD wasn’t in distress while there (very composed, willing to talk, etc,). We got a referral for a longer evaluation the next day. They gave her some worksheets/coping tools to try while we waited for a therapy appointment closer to home. [/quote]
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