Failure to listen to parents due to arrogance
14 year old Daughter was referred to camhs tier 3 as a result of mental health issues including odd eating patterns, self harm and claims to undergoing psychotic events. At initial assessment we flagged up our belief that she probably had ASD but firstly they treated her for eating disorder, then when her self harming escalated, they blamed parents for causing this and digested attachment disorder was the problem. When finally she had been hospitalised for a paracetamol overdose (having been hospitalised several times over 7 months for severe self harm) and placed on suicide watch, she was assessed and diagnosed as autistic.