Hi all, my first post here. I hope this is in the right place. Our son is 12 and we’re still trying to figure out his diagnosis. Mostly due to his age. So far ADD, GAD, MDD, possibly bipolar, and Tourette’s.

He has occasional rages where he becomes violent and suicidal. Thankfully, he’s still young enough that we can control him and no one has gotten hurt. These episodes are 10-20 minutes and rare. When he snaps out of it he’s very apologetic and embarrassed. Thankfully he’s still young enough that he can be physically controlled. He also has expressed a lot of interest in killing “something”. And wants to go hunting to “satisfy” this need. After the last episode where he was screaming for someone to kill him and that he would kill all of us, we went straight into his psychiatrists office, told doc EVERYTHING as always, and all the doc did was increase the Abilify dosage. Didn’t say much at all. (I honestly thought the doctor was going to recommend inpatient treatment or something but he barely looked up from his laptop.)

Google articles recommend we get him intensive psychiatric help as soon as possible. Is there something else we should be doing??
He sees his psychiatrist monthly or more frequently with a med change. He normally sees a therapist weekly but we’re trying to find a new one for him.

With a kid with these major issues, we’re not sure who to turn to for help. Any suggestions as to the type of therapist / treatment? Any and ALL advice will be welcomed. Please and thank you for your help!