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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone with a kid with severe mental illness who struggles to maintain employment, can someone tell me how you "require" them to get a job?

When my kid got fired because delusions made him act in unexpected ways at work, or when he doesn't get hired in the first place because the executive functioning deficits that come with the medication he needs to keep hallucinations at bay were obvious in the interview, how do I just "require" a different outcome?

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People who haven’t dealt with this or been through it have no idea how difficult it is. They don’t understand that most states allow teens to refuse treatment. They don’t understand that unless your kid is imminently suicidal/homicidal they will not get inpatient treatment unless you can pay 50k/mo for it. If they do get inpatient with insurance they will be discharged in a few days. And even if this happens repeatedly, they still won’t pay for quality inpatient. They don’t understand that even when you can pay for inpatient, it’s incredibly difficult to find a quality placement that will expect your kid. They don’t understand that when your kid turns 18 you will have absolutely zero power in all but the most dire cases (conservatorships are hard to get). When your teen/adult has serious mental illness, you work your a$$ off, but you have extremely limited ability to change anything. AC who are home due to mental illness aren’t failure to launch, their systemic societal failure to help people and families.[/quote]

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