Posted by Kath on August 14, 2000, at 19:40:26
In reply to Welcome, posted by Dr. Bob on August 14, 2000, at 0:09:47
Hi Dr. Bob, Thx for creating this space. I have a question as to how you see this area being used.
- for medical/pharmaceutical questions/comments about our kids' depression, etc.
- for asking questions, telling our worries, etc. about regular life issues that are causing us tremendous stresses in our lives & contributing to our depression/anxiety
For ex. I had alot of trouble with my 16 yr old son. He used marijuana chronically, wasn't going to school, broke houserules, went missing for 4 days, broke into the house & finally stole $160 from my purse. We 'kicked' him out, allowed him to sleep in the backyard & he eventually found an 'independent living' house (government funded) with structure, rules, staff, to live at. Where do you think I'd post during those kinds of stresses? I needed a great deal of support with this.
Another question. Is it okay to still post non-medical stuff on the main PB board? I recently had a sexual assault issue with an elderly family member. I needed & got a tremendous amount of support about that issue. If I had posted it on the other new PB area, maybe not as many people would have seen/answered it.
Thx for providing PB. It's extremely useful & probably in some cases life-saving. :-)
Kath
> Hi,
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> There are lots of special issues with children and adolescents, so I thought it made sense to create a separate message board for those discussions. It's an experiment, let's see how it goes...
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> Bob
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