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Can a LCSW and MD move a child from outpatient daily care to in-patient care without consent of the parent they live with at the time?

My husband and I were separated for just 3 days, as we were arguing about our daughter's care at the hospital. It has been very stressful and our daughter seemed to be doing better at the time, so I moved to a hotel for 3 days.

I informed the care team at her day treatment facility that my husband and I had separated, I was staying at a hotel, and my husband would be in sole charge of caring for the children and getting them to and from the day treatment program. The day before putting our daughter into in-patient, the therapist called my husband to "dig" information from him regarding our separation. She said nothing of our daughter's suicide ideation.

The doctor and LCSW claimed that our daughter (after my husband dropped her off happy), was severely depressed, anxious and suicidal. They called me claiming this, and so I said okay. My husband and I got back together that evening to drive down to see her. I signed papers for her admittance, however they claimed she was "self-admitted" at age 14. She yelled no, no, no I dont' want to go, and cried when they took her upstairs.

Knowing that our daughters adverse reaction to a certain class of meds in the past, they took her off of mood stabilizers and put her on that very class of med, discharged her and she went manic running away three times. Three months later we finally got a bipolar diagnosis. they wouldn't listen to us and said my husband was incapable of her care. Not true, he is a great father.

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  • 5 years ago

    Yes, they can if it's for the protection of the child. Since you are so incredibly selfish that you would argue in front of your sick child, which probably made your kid worse, they have every reason to do that.

    Instead of being pissed at them, be grateful that THEY are concerned with your daughter even if the two of you are not. Your story sure doesn't sound like you guys are so great.

    If she was suicidal, they absolutely can put her inpatient without your consent or hers.

    Source(s): Mental patient advocate
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