sativa Reynolds

Review of UPMC Behavioral Health

My son is not suicidal. He was being grounded and ...

My son is not suicidal. He was being grounded and said he would rather die than be grounded. He told his therapist this. She recommend i bring him to here so i did. After talking to the intake worker he said my son would not be staying due to the fact that he said he felt safe and not suicidal and had no beds. We waited about an hour for the doctor to come in and then talk to the his therapist alone. I told his therapist that he would be punished for crying wolf. She then spoke to the dr without me or my son around. The Dr then came back n the room and said that he had to stay. I said no my son is 14 he said no they said we had no choice. He is signing himself out in 72 hours. I asked his therapist if he said anything else about harming himself or other and she said no. If he would have the she would have to tell me. But she told the dr that she felt he would not be safe coming home to a bigger punishment.