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Are there any good schools that don't cost and arm & leg

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Anonymous:
they are based out of nashville TN. this is a volentary program only! communication is encouraged and unmonitered and kept open. Example saterdays you can call in all day and your daughter is allowed to make 2 phone calles on sunday as well. there is also no time limits on calls, that does not mean talk all day but you get the point. Your daughter must interview for the program if she is accepted it is FREE. They are christain based just so you know. I have heard good things about them too. So i reserched them and that is how i know about Mercy, just incase you was wondering. I forgot to say Mon throught FRI phone calls are not allowed unless it is a emergancy, my guess is that they dont want to interfear with school and the programs functiuons during the week. hope this helps.

thanks devlin

FaceKhan:
It sounds like your daughter is already severely depressed. Sending her away will almost certainly make it worse. In general forcing someone into any kind of institution, even a traditional one or a "perfect one" is generally more harmful than good.

If the zoloft were really working for her and not causing unwanted side effects she probably would not be refusing it. Having been depressed myself, I can tell you that if there was a magic pill out there that would have made me feel better without causing a lot of negative side effects I would have taken it.

Maybe you should look into switching to a therapist that will respect your daughters wishes to work through her problems without drugs.

At one point my therapist let me call him every morning at 6am when I had to wake up to get to school. If he had just told me to pop a pill every morning I doubt I would have had as much success.

At 90-200 bucks an hour you should be getting more than a pill dispensary in a therapist.

"Whats the difference between a psychiatric drug and a placebo? One of them has unwanted side-effects"

Anonymous:
man, just dont send her to a wwasps program, and if you do send her off, make sure you research it thoroughly and know exactly where shes going and how it is, and ask yourself if you would be able to handle being there yourself. get firsthand experiences from teens like me about it. here's some 1st hand experience: i would do any event in my life over again before going back to the wwasp program. it is awful and no one should have to go through it. now i pity you if you send her there because you know that it's horrible now. sending her to a relative's is a good idea too if youre looking for an environment change, there are many other options than just letting some other people that you dont know take care of the situation. be creative. my advise is forget the whole behavior modification school idea. you cant change anyone who doesnt want to change, and trying to makes things worse and brings unnecessary drama.

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