Anxiety Disorder Treatment Center
my friend is going to a treatment center for depression/anxiety/suicide, eating disorder, and self harm..HELP!?
She is really scared and nervous and doesn’t want to go. It seemed like the doctors and parents caught her before the eating disorder got worse because she doesn’t seem “dangerously/extremely thin” but I’m not saying she doesn’t have a disorder. She has also attempted suicide before and was very depressed for a while and still struggles with self harm. She also told me she abused zoloft for a while. WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO! She is scared to go and is afraid of what is going to happen there.
Can someone please tell me the steps she would have to go through while she is at a treatment/behavioral center? I would also like to see what she is going through and what will happen while she is there away from everyone. How will they help her? What will they do? Please tell me everything. I do not want her to be afraid, she needs the help. Do you have to do the 30-day thing?
There’ll be paperwork once she gets there. They’ll ask her for a brief history. It’s in her best interest to be truthful. They’ll check her clothes and other items that she’s bringing to make sure she doesn’t have anything she isn’t supposed to have (drugs, weapons, etc.) Then they’ll give her a room. She may or may not have a roomate.
They have lots of staff monitoring all of the patients. They don’t really invade your privacy or anything, they just do approximately 15 minute check ups to make sure no one has hurt themselves or others.
They will encourage her to find healthy ways of coping so she doesn’t self harm or have any suicidal thoughts. They will also get her to start eating. Her eating will be monitored. They’ll start off small so she doesn’t get sick, but the meals will get larger as she is there longer. She may also have to ask permission to use the bathroom (the bathroom may be locked so she doesn’t throw up).
She will attend many group therapies, family session therapies, and individual one on one therapies. Her family and MAYBE friends will be able to visit her, and you might be able to call her while she’s there as well so you can check on her and see what she’s doing.
They are, essentially, trying to figure out WHY she has an eating disorder, WHY she self injures, and WHY she wants to kill herself so they can fix it, thus stopping these behaviors and thoughts.
She doesn’t have any reason to be afraid.
The staff there are very nice (or at least they should be) and helpful. Most of the other patients there are in the same boat as her, and can give her advice if they have any. The “30 day thing” depends on her, and how quickly she is progressing. If she doesn’t get any better, she may go to a residential. She needs to be willing to get better if she ever wants to get out of there, and once she is in there, believe me, she’ll really want to get out (those places can be very restricting and are boring as hell).
Hopefully this treatment will help her and hopefully she’ll be out soon.
Self Treatment Social Anxiety Disorder
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