Psy/270 Week 4 Clinical Rotation

I have experienced many interesting and challenging interactions with patients during my mental health clinical rotation at Hennepin County Medical Center. Week 2, I had the opportunity to meet and interact with a 24-year-old male diagnosed with bipolar type 1 disorder. The patient, Jonathan, and I sat down and discussed his past and current situation, which presented many challenges.
Jonathon made it well known through the frustration in his voice and the clenching of his teeth that he was upset to be in the hospital. He felt that he did not have any mental health disorders or substance abuse problems, though his chart and assessment stated otherwise. The patient also vocalized his anger with his parents through vulgar language and loud, rambling thoughts. He blamed his parents for putting him in the hospital, stealing his independence and “locking him up”. It was extremely challenging to listen to the patient talk about his parents in this negative way because from an outside point of view and through patient records it was evident that his parents had his best interest in mind. His mother did call the police to find Jonathon because she was
Due to the fact that Jonathan did not agree with his diagnosis of bipolar type 1 disorder, he did not think that he needed medication. Jonathan suffered with hallucination and delusions, which I experienced during our interaction, as well as manic behaviors and aggressive. These are all common symptoms of bipolar type 1 disorder. His records showed that he has been diagnosed with this mental disorder for 6 years and has been stable on medication until a year ago when he stopped taking his medication. It was frustrating to see Jonathan displaying these symptoms and struggling to complete activities of daily when medication has been so beneficial to life in the past. His lack of motivation to get better was very upsetting to