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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d be scared do call the police, I mean would the kid go to jail and for how long?[/quote]

That depends on what happens when the police arrive. I've called 911 on my kid before (told them it was a behavioral health crisis, we're trying to get supports, need help de-escalating in the immediate term). The officers who responded were always polite, respectful, spoke with me, my child, my partner, they never took my child from the house because calling 911 got the situation under control.

OP, can you tell us more about your child's diagnoses, meds, etc? My child is ASD/Bipolar and is on Latuda and prozac. Prozac (and all SSRI's) can trigger mania in individuals with bipolar, and it sounds like that might be what you're dealing with (even if its not bipolar), but if you can contact your child's psychiatrist and ask to add a "mood stabilizer" because your child is violent and can't control their moods, that might really help. My child was on several, but Latuda has been a game changer and has worked better than literally everything else.[/quote]

I don't understand. What are the police doing when they get there? If all your child needed with someone talking to them to calm them down, then why did the police need to be there?

Are they a fee rent-a-stranger there your kid responds to? If so, we need a county program that sends out social workers to talk to agitated teens 
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Well, at a minimum it’s an armed adult that the kid knows he can’t hit.

If the kid is at the point where they’re pushing mom around, maybe an armed adult man is psychologically what they need to see to stop the behavior?

Lots of men who beat their wives and children don’t pick fights with other men. [/quote]

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