Ms. Brooks is a 14 year old female who presented to the ED via LEO after an altercation with family members. It should be noted Ms. Brooks can on a voluntary commitment. Before the assessment Officer InGold was contacted for information. Officer InGold reports he received a call for an altercation at American RoadHouse for a female who was screaming at her mother, which turned into a physical altercation. He reports Ms. Brooks was severally anger an expressed she wanted to kill herself and that she has been wanting to do so for a while. At the time of the assessment Ms. Brooks reporting having a history of child abuse witnessing domestic violence by her father. She reports a history of depression and anxiety. Ms. Brooks currently denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation and having any visual or auditory hallucinations. Ms. Brooks does not appear to be exhibiting signs of agitation, aggression, or responding to internal stimuli. Ms. Brooks …show more content…
Brooks mother (Mrs. Green) reports Ms. Brooks is currently on probation for fighting in school. Her probation officer is Ms. Mikie Sullivan (336) 708-138 and has been informed of this incident. She reports seeking Intensive in home for her daughter Wednesday. Today she missed an appointment with Baptist Children's Home, however is still trying to utilize all her options to help Ms. Brooks. Mrs. Green reports her daughter has been in scared straight programs, group homes, NC-Mentor, and current attending anger management courses Monday and Tuesday from 4:00 pm to 5:30pm. Ms. Brooks reports for the past 2 months her daughter has assaulted her 5 times. Mrs. Green reports every time Ms. Brooks gets angry say she threatens to harm someone else or herself. Mrs. Green reports Ms. Brooks has never been hospitalized for for any mental illness or attempted suicide before. Mrs. Green reports a lot of Ms. Brooks anger comes from the verbal abuse and violence witnessed by her father at a young age. Ms. Brooks agree with
Ashley Davis is a 14 year-old, brown-skinned, African-American, masculine presenting female. Ashley’s mother reports that patient is defiant, especially toward her and other authority figures. Mother reports that Ashley’s behavior disrupts the family, her ability to achieve in school and has landed her in legal trouble. Mother reports that the Ashley began to exhibit sexually promiscuous behavior starting as early as 9 years old. Her reason for referral and placement on the unit was due to Ashley’s mother, finding her and her twin brother naked together in a sexualized position, all while trying to record this interaction. When the mother questioned both Ashley and her brother, it seemed as though the Ashley was the aggressor.
Exit strategy: CM will continue to work with the therapist, psychiatrist and probation officer. Client will need direction and couching in dealing with anger manager. Client must continue to comply with medication regimen; Client must attend to all off site and on-site medical appointments. Client must adhere to the shelter rule and regulation and to the 10pm curfew; Client must continue to participate in individual counseling and therapy. Client must enroll in CAMBA GED class. CM reviewed the Bi-weekly ILP Review. Client agreed and signed. Next upcoming Bi-weekly ILP Review is scheduled for
Admittance into the HCC program is entirely optional but comes with very clearly defined rules that are put into place for the safety and benefit of the domestic violence victims. Admitted are not allowed to contact the abuser fo...
Ms. Rizera was calm and cooperative throughout the assessment. Ms. Rizera reported her father is currently in jail and has been for a while and one of her sibling sent him a letter. Ms. Rizera reported she became up-set with her step-mother informing her of this because of the attention her sibling was receiving from her father as a response. It appear to trouble her that her father has not been in her life much due to serving several sentences for past charges. Ms. Rizera denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. She reported one previous hospitalization while in New York for reporting suicidal ideation to her mother. Ms. Rizera reported at the time her father was in jail and she was staying with her mother. She expressed attempting to find way to leave her mother's home due to relational
At this time youth is not on any medication. It was reported that Cyanna experience frequent physical and emotional abuse from biological mother towards youth and her siblings. Cyanna also experience frequent transitions during the 18 month period when she was in her mother’s care that resulted in four relocations and schools. Mrs. Hannah reports that Cyanna often present as sad and struggles with managing her anger and appropriately communicating her feelings. Youth express that her anger stems from her relationship with her mother. Cyanna does not speak to biological mother often and she reports that her mother does not understand her which causes conflict in their relationship. Cyanna has a good relationship with her father and stepmother. Mrs. Hannah is supportive of youth and wants her to be more self-confident. At this time Cyanna is open to participating in in-home services. Supportive Therapeutic Services will provide Cyanna with 2 hours of IIC services once a week. IIC services will assist Cyanna with building self-confidence, process past traumatic events, enhance coping skills and communication with her
On September 21, 2015, I was assigned this case to follow up. This case involves Ms. Hadja Bah a thirteen year old Francis Hammond School student. Ms. Bah has a previous runaway history and refuses to follow curfew set at home. Hadja had runaway several times (15-138346/15-121625/15-118272) which I have investigated several of the incidents. CPS investigator Ms. Alice Keany did a family assessment for the Bah family.
Presenting Problem: Shaine is a 17 y/o male who has a chronic and persistent danger to self by demonstrating self-mutilation, with unmanageable behaviors (i.e. anger outburst/ aggression) which he has presented these behaviors greater than 6 months. The symptoms began 2 years ago according to mother and have recently escalated significantly. He has anger outburst, several x/week since 2014, that range from yelling and verbal abuse to aggressive behaviors (i.e. shoving, hitting holes in wall/door, suicidal threats, cutting self and sister with knife). He does not response to parent redirections. He claims not remember the details of his actions an feels no control over them. He isolates frequently in his room and has no friends other than one “girlfriend” he met online with whom he has had no face to face contact.
Per Haleigh, her mother and stepfather verbally abuses her, and they scream at her a lot. Michael mainly calls her a whore. Cynthia calls Haleigh sluts, bitches, a piece of shit, worthless, and selfish. Cynthia has told Haleigh she makes people miserable, and she also told Haleigh she cannot come back home. After school yesterday, 05.14.2018, Haleigh did not go home; she went to her friend Gracie’s home, because her mother told her not to return home. Because Haleigh didn’t return home, Cynthia reported her as a runaway. Per Haleigh, a month ago, her mother left a bruise on her upper arm. She was hit with a hand. Per Haleigh, Cynthia thought Haleigh had an attitude. Per Haleigh, her friend Aaliyah is a witness to the abuse. Per Cynthia, Aaliyah isn’t allowed at the home, so Aaliyah being a witness to the abuse isn’t true. Haleigh has been crying, and she does not want to return back home; she wants to be with her aunt or grandmother. The basic needs of Haleigh aren’t a concern for the reporter. Per mother, Haleigh has been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, ADHD, and bipolar. Haleigh takes medication Zoloft, Vyvanse, and Lamotrigine. Per reporter, the mother denied slapping Haleigh, and admitted to only calling Haleigh
The purpose of this visit was to initiate therapy to resolve the cycle of conflict between the child and mother. My client is very hyper and instigates conflict with her mother. Because of her low self esteem she does not want to attend school so she is excessively absent. She hits and kicks her mom when she tries to wake her u...
PER REPORTER: Patty said Ora brought Etorie into the hospital today to have an assessment done due to the child’s behavior. According to Ora, Etorie is violent and displays deviant behavior inside the family’s home. Etorie threw a knife at her brother about a month age and jumps on him daily. Ora said Etorie has also tried to jump on her causing her to have to restrain her, and she mentioned that last night Etorie hit her with a pillow. Ora also said Etorie has dailey rages and curses both her and her siblings out. Ora said this is not the first time she has been reported to DHS. She said there have been prior accusations called in by family members that she was abusing Etorie. However, she said when DHS came to investigate they did not find anything, and Etorie went to stay with her father until the investigation was over.
Domestic Violence cases are very hard to handle. Whether you are a police officer,EMT, or first responders, lawyers, judges, and etc. These types of situations can be dangerous for the victim and the law enforcement agent working the case. With the long hours, and endless pain and stress that goes into working these cases, the dedicated officials carry the weight with them daily. As a law enforcement agent, their job is to protect and serve. Through research and interviews, with professionals in this field. How comfortable would you be coming into a home where someone’s life is being threatened, and you have no idea what the abuser has in the home? Are you willing to risk your life or family’s life to defend the a stranger’s life?
Domestic violence is well-known to be a serious problem in Canada. Domestic violence includes physical assault or aggressive actions against family members, spouse, intimate partner, boyfriend or girlfriend. It can have many negative results and even result in death. Statistics Canada (2013) mentions stress, chronical diseases and addictions as common results of domestic violence. In most cases, the victims are women. According to Statistics Canada (2013), among all the cases of domestic in 2013, 80% of victims were women. Statistics Canada (2013) states that intimate partner violence is higher when female victims are between 25 and 34 year old. Alcohol also can increase risk of domestic violence. Another factor is that life in certain poor neighborhoods has a lot of instances of street violence. If not effectively stopped, domestic violence can result in murder. Many intimate partner homicides result from escalation of
Domestic violence has always been a tough and compromising issue. The effects of it are never minor and should not be taken upon lightly. However, it is surprising to think that it was only until the mid 1980’s that domestic violence cases were beginning to be taken upon with some actual care and resources. Through these articles, it will be easier to understand the effects of children in domestic abusive families, how women feel about confronting the problem and the methods they choose to attain them and finally what underrepresented demographics act like in these situations.
Geraldine is a nine-year-old African American female who has recently witnessed domestic violence between her parents resulting in the death of her mother. “National data suggest that intimate violence tends to manifest a more reciprocal pattern among African Americans. This pattern of reciprocity is most evident in domestic disputes that end in domestic homicide” (Hampton, Oliver, & Magarian, 2003). Geraldine and her three-week old baby sister, Jasmine, were temporary placed with her grandmother and godmother. Geraldine and her sister will stay with her grandmother during the week and with her godmother on the weekends. Child Protective Services is involved to arrange
Kennedy, Bernice R. Domestic Violence: A.k.a. Intimate Partner Violence (ipv). New York: iUniverse, 2013. Print.