Mr. Holt is a 35 year-old, never married BM from Davidson County. Mr. Holt was originally admitted to the main building at MTMHI pursuant to T.C.A. §33-7-301(a) from September 22nd, 2016 to October 7th, 2016 for a forensic evaluation to determine competency and mental condition for the alleged crime of aggravated burglary. Mr. Holt was accused of entering a residence without consent and claiming that he owned the property. He was given a diagnosis of Schizoaffective Disorder – Bipolar Type, and Anti-Personality Disorder and thought to meet the criteria for judicial commitment. At discharge, Mr. Holt was found committable to FSP pursuant to T.C.A. §33-7-301(b) due to making verbal threats against staff and other personnel. He was then committed …show more content…
During this interview, Mr. Holt presented as friendly and cooperative with good attention and eye contact. He was neatly dressed and oriented to person, place, and time. Mr. Holt has a noticeable lower jaw tremor as well as a moderate tremor along his right extremities. He appeared his stated age and was very sociable throughout the interview. He stated that he is ready to transfer to the main building at MTMHI and begin to work toward discharge to a group home in order to participate in more activities and be able to smoke cigarettes. He stated a group home would be his option because he has no residence to return to once discharged. Mr. Holt was able to list his diagnosis and medications although his insight is poor and he feels that the medication may be making him have a mental illness. He stated the medications seem to stabilize his mood and he was able to identify some of his symptoms as when he is sad he feels “real sad” and when he is happy he feels “real happy”. He is currently prescribed Prolixin, Cogentin, Depakote, and Trazadone. He did not express side effects from the current medication regimen other than the tremors and he currently feels that he gets adequate sleep. He denies any current auditory or visual hallucinations for the past 18 months. He expressed that when he does hear voices it is only God talking to him and that all the messages are positive. Mr. Holt expressed at times FSP can be challenging due to the aggressive behaviors of some of the other service recipients. When questioned how he handles these situations he stated he would seek help from the doctor or other staff. He denied having any difficulties with other service recipients during this admission
Gary Dougherty was paroled from Northeast Correctional Complex on 11/15/2017. Mr. Dougherty has a Tennessee Sentence of Attempted First Degree Murder and is currently under minimum supervision level. Mr. Dougherty was paroled to Steps Halfway House. On 04/16/18, Case Manager Ron Stephens advised me that Mr. Dougherty was discharged from Steps for several rule violations. Mr. Stephens advised that since Mr. Dougherty had been at Steps he has failed three drug screens, offered drugs to another resident, ask residents for clean urine, brought a prostitute in the house, and threatened a resident.
Anne is a seventy-four year old female with multiple comorbidities. The patient I interviewed is a sixty five year old male with a past medical history of hypothyroidism and no other reported medical conditions. Additionally, Anne requires assistance with completing her activities of daily living such as shopping, transportation and managing her finances. Also she rarely leaves her home, and is inactive due to chronic pain. The patient I interviewed is able to care for himself independently and is rather active. The patient I interviewed continues to work outside his home and routinely
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The court will likely hold that Andrew Keegan’s (“Mr. Keegan”) actions were a product of a law enforcement officer in influencing his conduct therefore establishing an entrapment defense.
The applicant Mr. Arthur Hutchinson was born in 1941. In October 1983, he broke into a house, murdered a man, his wife and their adult son. Then he repeatedly raped their 18-year old daughter, having first dragged her past her father’s body. After several weeks, he was arrested by the police and chargedwith the offences. During the trial he refused to accept the offence and pleaded for innocence. He denied accepting the killings and sex with the younger daughter.
Michael is a 56 year old male who lives alone in a small tin shed in the middle of the bush in central Queensland. He has no children, no partner and lives by himself. During the day he spends his time sleeping on the couch or doing chores around the property. If he isn’t asleep, he requires a stimuli to remain occupied. When he was a young boy, he was a very calm child with a great sense of humour. His physical health was perfect with good energy levels. When he was sexually abused at the age of 8, by his grandfather, these characteristics started to change. From the age of 16 he was having regular breakdowns in his thinking and emotional responses. Michael was constantly feeling irritable and having trouble sleeping with frequent nightmares. As the years went by his attitude was extremely negative which led on to him being withdrawn from his family and friends. During his last year of high school, he started to regularly use marijuana. He would experience countless amounts of paranoia episodes where he would hear voices and thought he was being spied on. At the age of 45 he was fin...
Charles is a 21 year-old Caucasian single male currently residing with his mother and stepfather whom also is Charles’s uncle. Charles graduated high school and due to his illness he receives social security benefits. During a two year period Charles had nine visits to the emergency room resulting in admission to the psychiatric unit. On two admissions Charles left against medical advice, five admissions required a higher level of care resulting in admission to the state psychiatric hospital and two Charles was transferred to the adult crisis unit. Charles also has a misdemeanor history mainly public nuisance due to substance abuse mainly marijuana and cocaine. Charles was evicted after a psychotic episode and destroying his apartment.
Courts, are usually established to either declare a defendant innocent or announce him guilty with a particular sentence depending strictly on the crime. However, the Yuma Mental Health Court is like no other court in the U.S Criminal Justice System. This unique court has specifically been established for two main reasons. The first reason, is to maintain mental ill defendants out of any jails or prisons, in order for them to receive proper treatments. The next reason, is that this court tries to help special defendants by sending them to treatment agencies so they can either be provided with medications or get some form of therapy. Yuma County is very fortunate to have this type of court in their area. In this writing, this author will analyze
While reviewing the OTPF, there are specific areas to address for the patient. Sean is a veteran, has been widowed for 15 years, lives alone. His past medical history entails alcohol abuse, depression and a post status right toe amputation. He has poor hygiene, nutrition and positioning. Also, complete immobility and continues to grieve his wife. First and foremost, Sean usually does not care for himself properly. His main goals are to be independent and live with his daughter, Mary. He fatigues which results in not caring for himself, the housekeeping, and
Lamb, H. R. (2004). Mentally ill persons in the criminal justice system: Some perspectives. Psychiatric Quarterly, 108-126.
Francis B. Palmer made his will naming his daughters, the plaintiffs, Mrs. Riggs and Mrs. Preston heirs to a small portion of his estate. Majority of the estate was named under Elmer Palmer, his grandson and the defendant in the case. Elmer was fully aware of this will and when he sensed his grandfather’s intention to make changes to the will, he murdered his grandfather by poisoning him. The majority and dissenting judges agree to the statute which states that “The statute stipulates that anyone named in a will should inherit, except in cases of fraud, duress or incapacity at the time the will was made” (Module 1). The criminal aspect of the case is very clear and Elmer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the criminal act of murder.
Mr. Holcomb onset of depression began at 11 he was diagnosed with depression at age 11 and at age 14 he would have episodes of crying spells. Mr. Holcomb had a tumor moved from his head in 2003. He has repeatedly been hospitalized as a child. he began drinking at a young age due to trauma he was molested by a family member at a young age. He has been substance abuse treatment several times. lived with family members of an on as an adult however he has trust issues with his family. Leading him chronically homeless since 2011. He staying in transitional housing but always heard voices and heard voices since he was a child. Ms. Peggy Holcomb states " He always said he hears voices as a child, he was very different from my other children. he needs
The purpose of this case study is to investigate and bring new insight to situations and behaviors within an organization. Case studies are learning tools which utilize social science research to identify and resolve individual and organizational challenges (K. Mariama-Arthur Esq., 2015).
Scope Mr. Olajide, Kazeem has been working as a staff/Charge Nurse in the Persistent Seriously Mentally ill (PSMI) unit for the past one year. He regularly works evening tour but volunteered multiple times cover night tour when need arises. He enthusiastically accepted rotations to other units (L-143CD, L-143CW).These behaviors proved Mr. Kazeem’s flexibility and as a team player. He also provides leadership and direction to colleagues and holistic and quality care to veterans.
The writer met with 28 y/o AAM brought to Beaumont Dearborn by DPD due to argument with is father over his phone. The consumer rport getting into a verbal argument with his father because someone stole his phone. The consumer report having anxiety, verbal assualt toward his father, and the desire to improve on his current situation. The consumer denied having any deulsion, auditory/visual hallucination, suicidal/homicidal ideation, no poor impulse control, no self injury, on impaired judgment, and no insight into the need for treatment. The consumer present blunt affect, paranoid, delusion, disorganized thought, rapid speech, lack insight into the need for treatment and unable to stay focus during his assessment. The consumer was also vague