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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Says his life sucks.  I really don't know what to do.  We have him in therapy, but he says it doesn't do any good.  He actually has a great life in many ways.  Nice home, good friends, decent parents - though his dad is gone a lot, he is struggling a bit in school on the academic side, and is skinny for his age, which may be an issue for him with respect to athletics, but he plays on several teams and is decent athlete.  He refuses to talk to a psychiatrist or consider medication.  No drug or alcohol use.   Not interested in girls yet (13).   He says he feels this way every day.  [/quote]

Your son needs help.  If he does not respond to his therapist, and still has his issues, then you need to find  other medical attention immediately.  If your child had a problem with a life-threatening condition, you were seeing one specialist, but his treatment was not showing any signs of progress, what would you do?  You'd probably try to find another specialist right?  Same thing.  Find other medical attention and do so immediately before your son decides to act on his threats to himself.  If he says he feels this way EVERY DAY, he may act ANY DAY.  Tomorrow may be too late if today is the day he decides to act.  You need to take action immediately.  The talk of suicide is a very loud, very urgent call for help.  Answer it immediately. Ask your therapist for a recommendation to someone else.  If you have no one else to ask, call a suicide prevention hotline and ask for a referral.  Here's one if you can't find another.

1 (800) 273-8255
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Languages: English, Spanish
Website: www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org[/quote]

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