At the time of the assessment Ms. Newby adamantly denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. She reports today around 1:30pm her mother and her got into an argument over her mother's Facebook password code being changed. Ms. Newby reports she is visiting her mother from Florida. Per documentation she reports taking adderall years ago and has a history of ADHD. Ms. Newby denies feelings of depression.…
Mr Singer is a 61 year old male who presented to the ED with uncontrollable behavior at his living facility. He does not presents to ED with aggressive behavior or agitation. Mr. Singer denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis to nursing staff. At the time of the assignment Mr. Singer presents calm and cooperative. He states today he became angry because one of the nurses tried to take away his pens, that he was given to by another nurse as a Christmas gift.…
Mr. Ware is a 17 year old male who presented to the ED via LEO with suicidal ideation with multiple plans. At the time of the assessment Mr. Ware currently denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. He reports tonight his mother and he got into an argument over cleaning his bed room. He became angry and decided to walk to calm down. He expressed his mother would not leave him alone, so out of anger he stated he would harm himself by drinking bleach, overdosing on pills, or stick a fork in a light socket.…
REPORTER: The reporter/Social Worker (Beth) called with concerns for the victim, Odessie. Odessie is hospitalized; he suffered from dehydration (weakness). He has a mental illness (showing signs of psychiatric behaviors), and he needs assistance with his daily ADL’s. The victim was admitted on 09/22/2015 with general weakness, exhibiting paranoia behavior, and refusing to eat.…
Patient is a 15 year old female who presented to the ED with IVC paperwork from Daymark. Per documentation, patient states that she has been having depression and cutting herself since the 6th grade. Per documentation patient makes statement like, "Uh, you know, I just get frustrated and think I would be better off dead." Denies HI, Symptoms of psychosis.…
Mr. Trimmer is a 29 year old male who presented to the ED via LEO following an incident at Walmart where he gave a cashier a note informing them he was going to harm himself with intent to cause pathological results. Mr. Trimmer reports to ED staff he was going to stab himself in the neck with a screwdriver. At the time of the assessment Mr. Trimmer appear guarded and irritable. He reports today sitting in the bathroom at Walmart for several hours, then going to a cashier at Walmart with a note informing them he had a plan to stab himself in the neck with a screwdriver. He states, "I don't give a fuck anymore."…
Mrs. Brown is a 80 year old female who presented to the ED via EMS for neighbors concerned about her sitting on her back porch for several hours yesterday and then continue to sit on her back porch in the rain. At the time of the assessment Mrs. Brown denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. She expresses religious preoccupation. She reports a history of bipolar. She reports non compliance with medication.…
Rosenhan was able to get eight pseudopatients admitted into the hospitals from both the east and west coasts. The patients were either male or female and were from different backgrounds. Rosenhan told the participants to say they heard voices in tones that were similar to their own to the admitting staff, and once the patients were inside the hospital and being treated they were then told to act sanely. Thus, by acting sanely the staff thought the patients were acting insanely like when the one patient wanted to write down the name of the medicine he was on and the doctor just told the patient to keep asking him, or when the patients wanted to take notes of their experiences and the staff didn’t care, or when the patient was upset with the…
When confronted about admitting being suicidal and taking medication to this clinician, patient stated "I just thought I might get to go to back to Highpoint if I said that, they have some good information up there." The patient presents with minimal eye contact during the assessment and story has change a few time. The patient reports he does not have a place to go. Patient reports having a history of suicide ideation, the last one being in 2015, where he was placed at HPR, when he reports cutting himself and a history of bipolar. The patient currently has multiple laceration on both arms.…
In another circumstance, I had the opportunity to sit down and hear another patient’s story. This patient shared her beliefs on how she felt it was outrageous for her to be admitted to this unit. The anger in her voice was evident, while she was speaking. She stated multiple times that she was fine and the psychiatrist was simply punishing her by keeping her here on the unit. I later found out that this patient was admitted for an attempted suicide, as a result of an overdose.…
Concerning this week scenario, to test this patient competence the health care team should consult a psychiatrist for further evaluation before the…
Mr. Hawkins is a 15 year old male who presented to the ED via LEO under IVC for threatening to harm himself, intentionally harming himself, and homicidal ideation towards his sister. Mr. Hawkins has a history of ADHD and anger issues. He denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis to nursing staff. At the time of the assessment Mr. Hawkins is calm and cooperative. He reported this evening altercation was a miss understanding of what actually happened.…
The patient seems to be of a kind and considerate nature, which only makes her fears and paranoia worse. She appears to be making her paranoia worse by concerning over fictitious threats to another's…
Patient is a 16-year-old female who presented to the ED with suicidal ideation and a plan to overdose. Patient stated: "I feel like it will fix my problems and I wan have to deal with them anymore." Patient reports feeling depressed. She describes depressive symptoms as: increased sleep, irritability, isolation, feelings of hopelessness, and anhedonia. At the time of assessment, patient endorses feeling suicidal a plan to overdose on her mother's medications or stabbing herself.…
He denies feeling depressed. Patient does not appear to be exhibiting signs of agitation, aggression, or responding to internal stimuli. At the time of the assessment the patient reports vaguely remembering the events today due "blacking out". The patient states, " the only thing I really remember is the argument with my mom, then I got mad and blackout. " The patient reports walking outside and speaking with his dad about the matter, however during his conversation his sister said something he didn't like and assaulted her.…