HISTORY OF CONSUMER’S PRESENTING ILLNESS: Michael Delino Stewart, age 14, was admitted to Elkins Mountain Schools (EMS) level III residential program on November 29, 2017. He was referred to EMS by Carolyn Shultz, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WVDHHR) Marion County caseworker, due to opposition/defiance, verbal/physical aggression, fighting, self-injurious behavior, family relational problem, and school conduct problem. The 11/30/17 WV Behavioral Health Care Connection Form identified opposition/defiance as a severe symptom/behavior. Moderate symptoms/behaviors were identified as hostility, self-injurious, and verbal/physical aggression. Mild symptoms/behaviors were identified as violence, withdrawal, depression, …show more content…
The Family/Social Support Subscale was 20 because family conflict is pervasive and continual. Social/Legal Records indicate Michael is currently on probation for Domestic Battery due to physical aggression toward his mother. After this incident he was transported to the Genesis Youth Crisis Center. He resided there from August 03, 2017 until he was transferred here at the Elkins Mountain School. While residing at Genesis Youth Crisis Center he was oppositional/defiant, aggressive, and eloped but he eventually came back several hours later to the center. Michael identified playing football, BMX riding, and mountain biking as his free time/preferred activities. Michael was unsure of any best achievements. He believes that riding/racing ATV’s is his special interest/talent. Michael was unsure of his best asset. Michael identified that his family provided him with a source of hope. Michael reported he does not express himself spiritually and is uncertain of his philosophy of …show more content…
He had fair insight and poor judgment. Michael scored 18 on the ASAP 20, a suicide assessment, which is considered medium risk based on correlates to risk of self harm. While Michael’s score may be somewhat higher than other adolescents, it does not indicate he is currently at risk of self harm. Michael denied any current suicidal ideation, indicated he had no current plan or current intention to commit suicide, and conveyed reasons to live. Michael reported mild depression but no feelings of hopelessness. Michael reported of no current thoughts of harming
The Dread Scott decision exacerbated the debate over slavery by declaring that blacks cannot be citizens and that Congress does not have the power to prohibit slavery in the territories, which further divided the North and the South. The decision also deeply affected politics, and was one of the causes of the Civil War.
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Both legal and non-legal responses to Christopher Michael Dawson’s criminal case were mostly effective in achieving justice, however, there are factors that have restricted the overall efficiency of the Australian criminal justice system. Whilst Dawson’s eventual sentence resulted in justice for the victim, the legal and non-legal responses involved in the investigation present themselves to be mostly ineffective due to the prolonged process of conviction. Legal efforts made to ensure that the trial process was fair for the offender proved to be effective in achieving justice for Dawson himself. This then led to further retribution for the victim with the effective legal response and law reform of the government; the introduction of ‘no body, no parole’. Legal and non-legal responses have been somewhat effective in achieving justice throughout Chris Dawson’s case, but have shown limits in achieving this due to the convoluted nature and time efficiency of the case.
In August of 2001 Robert Ray Courtney was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri and charged with diluting drugs used to treat cancer patients. Courtney’s actions not only violated criminal and civil laws but they shattered the ethical code and the oath he took as a licensed pharmacist. His actions left many people wondering why anyone would commit such a horrible act, let alone a trusted pharmacist who was providing medication to patients whose very lives depended on him doing his job.
Synopsis of Incident Starting from October 2nd through October 22nd, 2002, a total of 10 fatalities were committed by John Allen Mohammad and his younger 17-year-old counterpart, Lee Boyd Malvo. This case quickly became a public crisis because of the sporadicness of the killings, the lack of specificity to race, gender, or age, and the increased rampage in the DMV area. All killings were fulfilled using a Bushmaster.223 caliber rifle out of the back of a blue Chevy Caprice. Ultimately, both perpetrators were convicted to life in prison without parole, while Mohammad was put on death row and executed on November 10th, 2009. What was highly striking was how a 17-year-old was found guilty of taking the lives of most of the victims and what were
Through all the media coverage, Sam Reese Sheppard began to have nightmares that his dad was electrocuted, and that he should be to (Quade). He has guilt that made him have the decision to not have kids because it is hard for him to hold his own life together. There has been a huge change in opinion from people who assumed Dr. Sam Sheppard was guilty. Now people see that he was unfairly convicted. This led people to believe that the death penalty should not be used. Although the case will probably never be decided, with all the evidence that has been found, Dr. Sam Sheppard should be considered innocent.
remove the juvenile from the home or not, the “attitude” (Elrod & Ryder, 2011) of the juvenile,
Wong, S., Zhou, B., Goebert, D., & Hishinuma, E. (2013). The risk of adolescent suicide
Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant behavior lasting at least six months, during which four (or more) of the following are present:
Conduct Disorder has been a part of the American Psychological Association’s Diagnostic Statistical Manuel (DSM) since its original release date in 1994. Although, there is new information about the disorder that was previously unknown, Conduct Disorder is distinguished by a “repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate norms or rules are violated” (American Psychiatric Association, 1994.) This mild, moderate, or severe antisocial behavior begins to appear either in childhood, categorized as early-onset conduct disorder , or in adolescence after ten years of age, classified as adolescent-onset conduct disorder (Passamonti et al., 2010.) The criteria to meet to be diagnosed with this disorder are separated into four subgroups: aggressive conduct, nonaggressive conduct, deceitfulness or theft, and serious violations of the rules. Three or more incidents must be present in the past twelve months with at least one of the characteristics being present in the past six months. This disorder causes severe impairment of functioning across a variety of situations so it is important to keep in mind society and individual situations because this diagnosis may be “misapplied to individuals in settings where patterns of undesirable behavior are sometimes viewed as protective” (American Psychiatric Association, 1994.) For example, a patient that has recently relocated from a war torn country would most likely not be a candidate for Conduct disorder even though he or she may exhibit some of the characteristics.
Individuals who are diagnosed with conduct disorder have repeatedly shown behaviors that are considered aggressive. Further, these behaviors disregard the rights of other persons or they oppose what society has deemed as appropriate behavior for that particular age. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) has put these problem behaviors into four categories; aggression towards people or animals, destruction of property, deceitfulness or theft, and serious rule violations. Aggression towards people or animals can include bullying or threatening others, or physically harming animals such as abusing them. Purposely setting someone’s house on fire is an example of destruction of property while lying to others to get what one wants is an illustration of deceitfulness or theft. The last area of performance would constitute as the teenager staying out past curfew, regardless of what their parent says or being constantly absent from school (Mash & Wolfe, 2013).
Wilkinson P, Kelvin R, Roberts C, Dubika B, Goodyer I (2011) “Clinical & Psychosocial Predictors of Suicide Attempts and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in the Adolescents Depression, Anti-Depressants & Psychotherapy Trial (ADAPT)” The American Journal of Psychiatry 168(5) page 495-501
The key to understanding suicide and self-destructive behavior comes from the awareness of how some destructive thought processes control the need to end one’s life. Being cognizant of how these thoughts are veiled and can lead to a self-destructive downward spiral, enables clinicians to better assess risk and design interventions for depressed and suicidal clients. According to Nock and Banajii (2007) worldwide, suicides among adolescents have increased dramatically averaging one million each year. Many teenagers experience strong feelings of stress, confusion and self-doubt in the process of growing up. Pressures to succeed, the economy, and the environment can intensify these feelings. At present, self-report has been unsuccessful in the prevention of teen suicide; the tools available to help health care professionals detect potential suicide ideation are not sufficiently reliable (Nock & Banajii, 2007). In fact, Nock and Benajii stated that often during therapy, suicidal ideation may not be present and surfaces once the patient goes home or oftentimes, the patient will deliberately hide the urge to end his life. Because the existing tools rely solely on subjective statements, it is very challenging to decipher congruency between what is verbalized and what remains unsaid (Nock & Banajii, 2007).
Issues relating to nondisclosure agreements between employees and their employers Non-disclosure agreements (NDA) also commonly known as Confidentiality agreements or proprietary information agreement is a standard form of an agreement between two companies, individuals or between an individual and a company. This agreement will protect the organization by keeping the vital knowledge of company information confidential under the conditions covered in the agreement. Furthermore, a nondisclosure agreement contains the penalties an employee would have to face in an event of breach of such contract. According to Heathfeild S. (2015), “A non-disclosure agreement is a written legal contract between an employer and employee. The non-disclosure agreement
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15 to 24 year olds, and the sixth leading cause for 5 to 14 year olds. Suicide accounts for twelve percent of the mortality in the adolescent and young adult group. Young males are more common than young woman suicides. These are only children who followed through with the suicide. For every successful suicide there are fifty to one hundred adolescent suicide attempts. In other words, more than five percent of all teenagers tried to commit suicide, and the number is still rising. It is scary to think that four percent of high school students have made a suicide attempt within the previous twelve months. In a small safe town like Avon, in the Avon High School where you and I practically live, you can see the faces of 22 students that have tried to commit suicide. That is enough to fill a classroom.