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How To Stop Children Hallucinating About Voices In Head?
My 14 year old came to us extremely upset stating for many years he has been hearing voices in his head and it s gotten worse since he broke his collar bone. The voices are telling him to hurt himself and others, and if he told anyone they would hurt him. Just last night he said they told him to bash his head into the wall and pull his bottom teeth out. We have an appointment with his doctor but we are really scared. He said he s never told anyone except us last night he was really frightened
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Hi,
Thanks for writing
Your child needs psychiatric help. Please make it fast. Also be careful to prevent any untoward harm to the child if he tries to act according to the voices' commands.
Hope that helps,
Dr A Rao
Thanks for writing
Your child needs psychiatric help. Please make it fast. Also be careful to prevent any untoward harm to the child if he tries to act according to the voices' commands.
Hope that helps,
Dr A Rao
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