Presenting Problem: Currently at Poplar Springs Hospital as a TDOafter running away from home following Chesapeake Police involvement. She verbalized suicidal ideations and stated she was homicidal wanting to stab her family and kill them.…
UCM:CPSW received a phone call from Daniel Baker's father. He called and stated that his son and his girlfriend including Lillian are living with them (1355 Game Farm Circle, Minnetrista, MN 55364) He stated his concerns regarding his grand daughter. He also reported if things are not getting ok at their end they are willing to apply for foster parent license. CPSW told Mr. Baker that the case is private and this worker cannot share any information regarding Ms. Zoie and Ms. Baker. He also reported communication conflict between Zoie and Mr. Todd and his wife Ms. Christy Baker. Mr. Todd mentioned that he will be taking a hair folical from his son Daniel and Zoie very soon. He also, reported that he will encourage them to continue with sobriety…
Mr. Farmer is a 12 year old male who presented to the ED via LEO following behavioral issues at Youth Unlimited Group Home and stating he was going to drown himself to staff. At the time of the assessment Mr. Farmer is calm and cooperative. He denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. He states, "I got mad and started destroying my property, then they tried to restrain me, after they let me go I told them I was going to drown myself. He states, "I was not serious about harming myself, but I was mad that we couldn't go nowhere because somebody was here. Mr. Farmer reports a history of depression, however denies current symptoms. He reports no history of self harm, but a history of hospitalization for behavioral issues. Mr. Farmer does not appear to be exhibiting signs of agitation, aggression, or responding to internal stimuli.…
CM conducted a phone conference with Alison Scarpignato (CMS), Rossana McElroy (CMO Clinical Consultant), Beverley Watson (DCP&P Team Lead) and Phillip High (DCP&P worker) in regards to a follow-up on treatment recommendations for Sinai (youth). The team discussed youth recent f/f meeting at Bergen Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, 4/4/17. CM explained to the team that youth is requesting to be placed on medication in order to cope with her father. Phillip reported he have not finish reading Sinai’s evaluation, however, the recommendations are for youth to live with her mother, Tanya Austin Maccagno. Phillip will discuss this matter with the Division attorney and will keep CM updated. CMS provided Phillip with the team…
Background information: John Smith is a Caucasian male in his mid-forties still living with his parents. The patient was admitted at the SBBH for having hallucinations, delusions, and suicidal thoughts. John Smith reported that his hallucinations and delusions kept progressing over the past few weeks. The patient has an ongoing struggle with psychosis and suicidal ideation for a couple of years. John Smith reports that he had his first psychotic breakdown in 2003. The patient was unaware of him receiving therapeutic treatments in the past. Currently, the patient is disabled and his major…
Alexis Gomez was referred to me by a hospital social worker called to investigate her attempted suicide case. My services is requested to work closely with the young teenage girl in deciding the length of her therapy, whether or not she would require institutionalized care, and the state of her home environment. The first interview was thought best to be scheduled at one of my office’s located at a small community agency near the client’s home to provide a less sterile and clinical atmosphere.…
The repeated pattern to use suicidal ideation as a coping mechanism started when she was a teenager. For example her automatic negative thought, “I feel so disconnected from my children and too tired to care for them.” These thoughts lead to her feelings of guilt about her parenting. Then, finally she uses a compensatory strategy to try to feel better by trying to “eat to fill the void.” Suzette’s negative views of others is exhibited by when she points out that her previous therapist were unhelpful, because even though they would be helpful at first eventually they would make her angry by judging her, so then she stopped going to them. Suzette’s negative automatic thoughts about herself and others continue to lead to negative coping behaviors, such as suicidal ideation and…
This article was about a case implicates the Georgia Regional Hospital, Atlanta. In January of 2009, a patient, Na Young, this patient has a history of psychotic episodes. This patient was released form the psychiatric hospital. On a Friday evening in January at the Regional Hospital in Atlanta, Na Yong, refused to sign the release paper. The patient go valance with the nurse and told her that she will now longer take the antipsychotic medication. The patient family pleaded the doctors and nurses to reconsider discharging her from the hospital. The patient prior to been admitted into the hospital had physically abused her mother on several occasion. Na Yong told physician and nurses that if she were discharge from the hospital she would kill her mother, which was the target of her schizophrenia-fueled rage. The hospital staff still…
Suicide-related forensic assessment procedures are an important component of a forensic professional’s responsibilities in a correctional setting due to the excessively high occurrence of prison suicide as associated to the general population. Suicide is a major cause of death among prisoners and the assessment of suicide risk should not be viewed as a single opportunity at intake but rather an ongoing process (Weiner & Otto, 2013). An inmate can become suicidal at any point during their confinement therefore suicide-related forensic assessment procedures should begin at the point of transfer to the correctional facility and continue until the offender is released from custody. When conducting suicide-related forensic assessments there are…
Mr. Fitzwilliams is a 25 year old male who presented to the ED with suicidal ideation with multiple plans. At the time of the assessment Mr. Fitzwilliams endorses suicidal ideation with plans to walk into traffic, cut wrist, or consuming a large amount of alcohol with intent to kill himself. He reports relational issues and issues with disability. Mr. Fitzwilliams reports a history of cutting behavior. He states, "When I cut its more for a stress relieve." He reports a history of PTSD, anxiety, and depression and hospitalization for the same. Mr. Fitzwilliams reports today he got a letter from disability and thought he might loss his disability and that put him over the edge today. He denies homicidal ideation and symptoms of psychosis. Mr. Fitzwilliams reports recent depression symptoms have been occurring over the course of the past few months. He reports depressive symptoms as feelings of sadness, tearfulness, isolation, irritability, and anger. He does not appear to be exhibiting signs of agitation, aggression, or responding to internal stimuli. Mr. Fitzwilliams reports he started to…
Robin Henderson is a 30-year-old married Caucasian woman with no children who lives in a middle-class urban area with her husband. Robin was referred to a clinical psychologist by her psychiatrist. The psychiatrist has been treating Robin for more than 18 months with primarily anti-depressant medication. During this time, Robin has been hospitalized at least 10 times (one hospitalization lasted 6 months) for treatment of suicidal ideation (and one near lethal attempt) and numerous instances of suicidal gestures, including at least 10 instances of drinking Clorox bleach and self-inflicting multiple cuts and burns. Robin was accompanied by her husband to the first meeting with the clinical psychologist. Her husband stated that both he and the patient’s family considered Robin “too dangerous” to be outside a hospital setting. Consequently, he and her family were seriously discussing the possibility of long-term inpatient care. However, Robin expressed a strong preference for outpatient treatment, although no therapist had agreed to accept Robin as an outpatient client. The clinical psychologist agreed to accept Robin into therapy, as long as she was committed to working toward behavioral change and staying treatment for at least 1 year. This agreement also included Robin contracting for safety- agreeing she would not attempt suicide.…
In my first case, I was assigned to call of a suicide involving the husband as the victim and a distraught thirty-five year old wife who was present at the suicide scene. For the purposes of this paper, I will refer to her as Lisa. Prior to arriving on scene, I conducted a comprehensive background check on Lisa through the local law enforcement agency. I paid particular attention to any drug related arrests, crimes involving violence or any mental evaluation holds. This helped me gauge if Lisa suffered from any mental illnesses or was prone to violence or drug usage as a means to cope with the situation.…
Suicide. Just the mentioning of such a word sends shivers down many people’s spines. While it may be not be spoken about, suicide rates seem to be on the rise, and many are doing everything they can to help. According to Pamela Kulbarsh, a psychiatric nurse for over twenty-five and writer of the article “The Epidemiology of Suicide: Who is most likely to take their life own life?” suicide has been coined “the most preventable death” (7). Suicide prevention and treatment, however, is by no means a new concept.…
Depression is very common in the United States and in teens and young adults now. Statistics claim those aged 18-24 have the highest prevalence of mental disorders of any age group. Many young adult’s depression worsens once they go off to college or it develops. With depression most of the time comes suicidal thoughts or people commit suicide because dealing with depression becomes unbearable to handle. Adding suicide hotlines to college ID’s could help many young adults, not feel like they do not have someone to talk to and can help them get out of that funk. College is supposed to make you feel independent not miserable and lonely.…
A family is referred for therapy because their 14-year-old son has threatened suicide. His grades have dropped from honors to failing and he spends much time in his room. He has begun giving away his things and reveals to the therapist that he has thought about suicide and has a plan for how he would kill himself. The therapist should:…