Ronny is a 46-year-old WM who presents to CRU from UPC. He is on ACOT for PAD and DTO. He is SMI designated. Life Behavioral Wellness is client's OP treatment agency. Per amended letter, client moved to a new place and the next day picked a knife and threaten to cut myself. He has a hx of self-harm including an attempt to hang himself whiles in prison. He is calm and cooperative during admission. He has a PMH of HTN, Asthma, TB, seizure and brain surgery. Client's vitals were WNLs. He will benefit from meeting with the provider, and medication…
poke with the patient about her UDS result again and informed the patient that CSAC had contacted the laboratory and it was said, two things could have happened:…
Miami County has the potential to be the marvelous county everyone envisions it being. Miami County boasts high quality schools; it has plentiful local businesses to provide jobs; and it possesses splendid people from all walks of life. The one situation that restricts Miami County is the drug epidemic. Once this county discovers a solution to this problem, it will tap into it’s bountiful potential.…
Beth will benefit from receiving Methadone treatment in addition to therapy. Methadone as mentioned above is design specially for opiates addiction. The methadone will work with Beth to reduce her drug use. Once this happens, Beth will need individual, family and couples therapy to assist her improve every aspect of her life. My goal as her therapist is to focus on her parent’s divorced and sexual abuse and how they affected her during the years. As the therapist, I want to explore ways in which the divorced and abuse may have contributed to her substance abuse. With the individual therapy, I will work with Beth to discuss her plans for school work with her to balance her work and school. I will also explore her feelings about being exotic dancer. She is doing it for quick money to support her habit along with her boyfriend. However, as a person that have been abuse, how do she feels being in an environment that expose her in the most vulnerable way possible. Does she feel alive when dancing or is she numb?…
client appears to be friendly and cooperative. She was happy because she got late passes for the New Years.…
Evidence: It is important that children, young people, families and communities are free from victimisation, exploitation and abuse because it is written in the UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) which the UK signed in 1991.…
Prior to February 8, 2017, Trayvonta William Owens’ whereabouts were unknown and his case was inactive. Prior to his whereabouts being unknown, Trayvonta was on level four parole supervision. Trayvonta was released from the Department of Juvenile Justice on November 17, 2016. Upon release Trayvonta was placed at the Apartment Living Program in Virginia Beach, Virginia. In this program, Trayvonta was provided transitional case management services, independent living skills, life skills and 30 days of electronic monitoring. A referral for substance abuse relapse prevention through Tidewater Youth Services Commission was also made. Trayvonta left the Apartment Living Program on December 12, 2016. His whereabouts were unknown until February 8,…
The field of substance abuse counseling is growing exponentially. With the opioid epidemic booming and synthetic drugs flooding the market, there is a dire need for counselors with education, training, and strong work ethics. But that is not why I am choosing to become a Substance Abuse Counselor, there is a little more to it. They say those that have lived it are the ones who can help others during their struggles. I am 45 years old, a mother to 3 beautiful children, one with special needs. I am also a granny to a beautiful little girl, and a wife to an amazing husband. All that has happened in the last 14 years of my life. However, the first half of my life was made up of abuse and addictions.…
Discerning the atrocious epidemic that we as Americans are facing from opioid abuse began from pain management problems that is subjective to individual patients; the patient’s sensation is what we must believe and respect. Additionally, drug companies' drug representatives have convinced doctors that opiates such as Vicodin, OxyContin are not addictive drugs. They are, also, advertising narcotics as the drug of choice for doctors to offer their patients to help with their pain symptoms. Back in the 1960’s according to Dreamland by Quinones, doctors try to refrain from giving narcotic pain medications to patients because they know how addictive these drug can be. It is better for patients to abstain from those medications because patients can…
When Julia moved to Virginia three years ago, we immediately became best friends, and she eventually explained the reason for her move. Her mother was an alcoholic and was progressively becoming worse. She knew her mother was unfit to make healthy parental decisions, so she moved in with her father. It was not very long after Julia’s move that I met her mother. Despite what I knew about her, we instantly connected because she was a lot like my own mother; the only difference was that mine did not have a drinking problem.…
With the vast majority of colleges growing we see more alcohol abusers and drug addicts. The percentages are only going up with the ways of the college athletes are binge drinking at parties, with males and females. The school administratiors must be informed of the potential health risks of prescription drug misuse. It is clear that non-medical prescription drug use should be included in substance use prevention and treatment programs offered to college students.…
The DSM 5 defines substance use disorders as a “cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicating that the individual continues using the substance despite significant substance-related problems” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 483). Within the broad category of substance use disorders are listed disorders for each of the following substances: alcohol, cannabis, inhalants, sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, tobacco, stimulants, hallucinogens, and opioids. The disorders are classified in severity by the terms mild, moderate, or severe based on the number of criteria met by the patient. There are eleven criteria defined in the DSM 5. Those criteria are:…
Drug abuse is a major problem in our society as a whole and increasingly within our youth. In recent years, many school districts have implemented student athlete drug testing programs within their schools. Athletes were targeted because student athletics are voluntary and the "athletes are often held to higher standards than other students, keeping their grades up for example" (Tantillo, Wen & Morgo, 1995, p. A22).…
A hefty bar tab and splitting headache aren't the only costs of a night of binge drinking. A study published this month by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reveals that excessive alcohol consumption cost the United States $249 billion in 2010.…
This referral is being coded as FOUNDED for Neglect: Lack of Supervision/protection with mother, Stephanie Matarese, as the perpetrator, and her daughter, Jenna Matarese, as the victim. Stephanie is unable to safely parent Jenna due to her alcohol abuse and and domestic violence.…