What do you believe meets the criteria for a mentally ill child to be hospitalized?

I am wondering what the criteria is for a child with mental health issues/diagnoses to need an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization?What do you believe meets the criteria for a mentally ill child to be hospitalized?Same as it is for an adult.....risk of harm to themselfs or others.What do you believe meets the criteria for a mentally ill child to be hospitalized?
My older brother 14 is mentally ill



Its somtimes hard but here is what meets the criteria for him to be mentally ill



1. First of all, Just small symtoms of Phycosis, Biapolar, Autism, ECT. Means he\she can be mentally ill



Mental illness is any type of Bump in the way his or her brain works

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What do you believe meets the criteria for a mentally ill child to be hospitalized?My husband works for the state taking care of the mentally handicapped, some of the houses are in a regular neighborhood but he works in a community of about 50 or so houses. When they are violent towards themselves or others they go to a special building to be watched, if they are extremely violent or, excuse me for saying, crazy as hell then they are hospitalized/put in an institution.



So if the child is a danger to himself/herself or others. Talking to their doctor about their behavior you should be able to put them in a psychiatric ward.
The basic criteria for an official 72 hour "hold" is a danger to self or others. Also, in the case of any abuse, social services can step in the best interest of a child if the parent is not acting in this way.What do you believe meets the criteria for a mentally ill child to be hospitalized?uncontrollable and violent, only a health care professional can determine that, the child needs to be examined for a condition to be diagnosedWhat do you believe meets the criteria for a mentally ill child to be hospitalized?
In my opinion, if they are starting to become dangerous, or too much for the parent/ care-taker to look after. That's about all I can think of. I hope it helped a little.
danger to self or others---cutting self, making physical threats to others, physically assaulting others (including biting, punching, hitting, etc.).What do you believe meets the criteria for a mentally ill child to be hospitalized?
When they can hurt another person or themselves.

Also when they are becoming just too much for the adult/gaurdian/care giver to handle.
For adults, it's when they are a danger to themselves or others. I would assume it's similar for kids.



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