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Case Study : Michelle. Travis

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Case Study of Michelle Travis S. Patterson Kaplan University Introduction Michelle is a 32 year old heterosexual, Mexican American female. Michelle is facing the possibility of traveling down a path of no return and possibility of losing custody of her twin girls (7 year old). She was arrested last week for possession of heroin with intent to sale. She also tested positive for heroin and marijuana, which added to her charges. She has no prior history of treatment and is unwilling to partake in treatment even though it was ordered by the court. Michelle has also been known to have a violent streak in her as well. She has launched against her live-in boyfriend where she pulled a knife on him and tried to kill him after an alcohol and heroin abuse dueled night. She was arrested that night as well for the attempt on her boyfriend life, when he called the police. Family and Social History: During the interview, Michelle informs me that when she feels outraged, she blacks out sometimes for long periods of time. During these episodes, she hears the voice of her deceased father who was a drug abuser and who was abusive to her mother and the entire family. Her father raised them including their cousins to be tough and strong. Michelle was made to fight against her brothers and cousins to make tough at least in her father’s eyes that is what he thought he was doing. Growing up in poverty on the West side of Memphis, Tennessee, she was exposed early to drugs and (marijuana and

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