Here is one article that mentions "Pathways" in the report of the 11/18 court testimony:
http://www.komu.com/satellite/Satel...4c70b769/07ae129e-80ce-0971-0113-e864f8522814
I would love to see the information you have on them or your opinion of them
I looked up the website http://www.pathwaysonline.org/
About Us
Pathways Community Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. is a not-for-profit community mental health center providing a full continuum of care and access to services across Missouri through 32 office locations.
Pathways provides comprehensive mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention services to pre-adolescent children through older adult populations. We provide these services in a manner that is accessible to our clients, focuses on the needs of each person and utilizes the most cost-effective and affordable methods of care. Services are based on individual need and may include in-home comprehensive psychiatric rehabilitation services, office-based outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment services, and adult and adolescent residential substance abuse treatment services. Included in our continuum of care is our sister organization, Royal Oaks Hospital, which provides acute inpatient services and partial hospitalization for children, adolescents and adults in Windsor, Missouri.
Pathways also promotes awareness of mental health and substance abuse issues, and introduces prevention topics/techniques in the workplace, school classrooms, and through our free quarterly newspaper insert, The Advisor.
There are over 800 Pathways employees to assist you . . . we believe in what we do and it shows . . . in our history, in our programs and most importantly in the consumers, families and individuals we help through the recovery process and on their way to a more fulfilling life.
I would like to know the "kind" and "where" too, but what I questioned previously was the "time frame" for all of this therapy, because for instance as stated in the
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/teenager-indicted-in-slaying-of-9-year-old-girl/
Columbia Tribune article
"In 2007, Cook said, Bustamante attempted suicide, prompting a 10-day stay at the Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center.
Follow-up treatment included a prescription for the anti-depressant Prozac and near-daily meetings with counselors. The treatment was primarily focused on her tendencies toward depression and self-mutilation not her potential for homicidal tendencies, said Cook and Kurt Valentine, her juvenile court
counsel."
BBM I wondered how long "follow up" treatment lasts
In my experience with my Bi Polar daughter it last as long as the parent/guardian persist in seeking care. In our case it started at age 12 and is on going still today and she is 18 yrs old. Though I will say her counselor at RTC did check on us periodically for two years. Putting a child in a RTC isnt something that is easy to do, or fun by any means. SO IMO I do not see the grandma taking this step, and then limiting her therapy. UNLESS somehow AB convinced therapist she was doing better, and no longer NEEDING help
I am curious if she was still in "near daily" treatment the week Elizabeth was murdered?
That is the impression I got, but not sure why or what I read that lead my to beleive this
"Pathways "Pathways' comprehensive children's psychiatric services range from
brief individual, group and family counseling that deal with issues such as depression and anxiety to
long-term care and support for children with serious emotional disturbances."
http://www.pathwaysonline.org/services/psychChildrens.htm
BBM Okay, and David Cook was reported to have testified "Bustamante is described in the documents [notes and analysis by Bustamantes therapists] as a troubled,
angst-ridden teen, but not extraordinarily so. "
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2009/nov/19/teenager-indicted-in-slaying-of-9-year-old-girl/
BBM I have not read any quotes from David Cook that states she was in therapy for two years, or two weeks-- If you or anyone else has, I would appreciate any help --
