Marcus Wanting To Hurt Self Care Case Study

Gilbert has stated in session “my father was dead long before he ever killed himself”. Gilbert feels that his father had first abandoned him emotionally and then abandoned him again (physically) by committing suicide. The events pertaining to Gilbert’s father’s death appear to have left a marked impression upon him. Gilbert has displayed a pattern of situational inappropriate affect while interacting with both family and friends. Gilbert may be experiencing grief and depression issues that he has up to this point been unable to adequately resolve.

William, Rachel’s three year old son is crying standing over her as she is slowly regaining consciousness. Her boyfriend, Daniel, was gone; their bedroom door was left cracked open and Rachel was on the couch in their room. Pained around her neck from where he choked her, she tries to wrap her head around how she got to this point. Why does Daniel hate her? What did she do this time? Can she, should she, just leave with William? Rachel realizes she has to get out of the house before Daniel gets back. When she arrives at her mother’s house, her mom is alarmed. Rachel has bruises around her neck and marks around her hairline. Rachel’s mother tells her “You come here every week and you go back to that monster every week. I see these bruises but you must not feel they are a problem since you keep going back to him.” Rachel’s mom walks out of the room frustrated.

Case 5.2 involves the Madsen-Walker family. James is a 12-year-old African American 7th grade student. James has made a comment about suicide due to his parents’ divorce and bullying at school. The teacher consulted with parents and the school counselor. In the end James was hospitalized for 72 hours. Selma Madsen is James’ mother and primary care taker. Stan Walker, James’ father, lives in a neighboring town with his girlfriend (Amatea, 2013).

His attitude about himself is good, as he is proud of himself for doing very well in school. Brian took a shop class, because he believed it would be an easy way to maintain his high grade point average. However, he ended up failing a project. Unfortunately this failing grade caused Brian to want to commit suicide. The reason why Brian received a detention is because the principal of the school found a gun in his locker. The tension between Brian’s expectations for himself and the failing grade contradict each other. The failing grade caused Brain to feel great discomfort. Cognitive dissonance may cause people to resort to extremes, because the feeling is so discomforting. Brian’s failing grade caused him to want to commit suicide, because then the feeling would be over. Instead of trying to fix his grade, possibly by studying more or asking for extra credit opportunities, he tried to reduce the cognitive dissonance by considering the option of killing himself.

This tardiness is replicated from Finny’s carefree attitude. It starts to become more evident that Gene, whether or not he is purposely changing his attitude, is starting to adjust to Finny’s identity. Gene’s personality is now not that of his own which is harming not only his academic performance, but also his mental health. Modifying the psyche that makes one themselves lead to severe consequences that lead to toxic thoughts and harm to peers.

Mark was a freshman at the University of Colorado, thousands of miles away from his parents who lived in Connecticut. He was the younger sibling to his brother who was also attending college. He had never had any vast problem with the law except for a speeding ticket when he was in high school. Overall, Mark was a well-behaved college student. His parents, Diane and Chris, were a joyous couple throughout their marriage. Chris worked for a computer software company which required him to spend most of his time traveling. Due to this, Diane was a little more attached to her kids then he was. She was one of the first people to notice Mark slowly changing and becoming ill.

There was not much information reported on how he interacts with others’ and there is no information stated about whether or not he has friends or if he is involved in any extracurricular activities at his school. In terms of his teacher, she advised Brandon’s mom that she ought to have him tested for ADHD; however, she has declined any testing.

Carl Fleischer, a 17 year old high school student was sent to the Social Workers office to discuss surrounding issues that might be the cause of his failing grades. Carl was very candid in his conversation with the Social Worker and admits to being an under achiever. Carl is not performing well academically which is a concern. The school Social Worker wanted to learn about Carl and asked him open and closed ended questions about is daily life style. Carl was very talkative in the conversation about himself and became detached when asked to talk more about why he felt he dad was a scumbag.

These thoughts have been consuming Dan's mind for the past two hours, slowly filling his body with great amounts of stress and anxiety, which eventually overcame his entire being and took control of his actions, ensuing in the forceful push of his schoolwork out of his sight. Tears began to develop in his brown eyes, but he immediately blinked them away, not wanting to feel even worse about himself. After all, crying would make Dan assume that he has lost the battle between himself and...himself. In other words, he does not want his emotions to get the best of him, or interfere with his life outside of his college

Melinda Sordino is a troubled freshmen because she has no friends and she feels the whole world is falling around her because she got a party busted because she was shocked because she was sexually assaulted. Melinda's family affected her growth mentally, physically, and emotionally. It is common for a girl, after being sexually assaulted, in result of that her growth in all three of those areas. Melinda's family life is not abusive, but she has problems communicating and connecting with them.

Schneider indicated that Matthew is doing very well. There has been a big improvement. He is doing well in school. This summer, he was great when they had him. No problems at day camp. He is doing better with people, both adults and children. No behavioral problems. He seems to be growing up and maturing. The child has had no problems with his father. In the past he had said Robert makes him scared when Robert is angry at him. She and Matthew are getting along. He knows she gets mad when he doesn’t listen. Robert is tolerant of Matthew is not listening. She becomes upset when Matthew is not listening to her. She has been taught Mathew how to communicate. She gets frustrated. He knows she yells to get his attention (after she calls three or four

Ms. Corbett stated that the child is a good student, she indicated that James experienced bullying last year in school. She indicated that she teaches the child to utilize adults to get help.

The challenge, however, has been consistency in following through with recommendations given to them on how best to supervise Isaiah, specifically, not allowing Isaiah un supervised time on the Internet. Isaiah, when given opportunities to connect with friends online via a computer or cellular phone, spends the majority of this time communicating with peer-aged girls, to gain their trust, gain sympathy from them, and then make a request (offense specific behaviors). Isaiah’s grandmother, despite being made aware of what Isaiah is doing, reports that when he is doing well she wants to believe that he is making an effort to change and gives in to Isaiah’s relentless requests to have access to the Internet. Further, she states that when Isaiah is denied his requests, he becomes unmanageable at home and currently have the grandparents questioning whether or not they can provide the necessary supervision and support that Isaiah needs to be

Quadir responded well to the intervention. Quadir continues to make progress towards his goals. Quadir stated, talking back to an adult, using profanity, calling people names, being prejudice, disrespecting others, and destroying things when upset. Quadir stated, he does not have control of his behavior when he gets upset. Quadir stated that he thinks about what he did after the situation, and sometime he feels sorry for his behavior. Quadir stated, a few weeks ago when his mom called him gay. Quadir stated, being called gay hurt his feelings. Quadir stated, yelling, kicking, hitting, does things to get attentions from his mother, throwing things, talking in class, getting up and leaving class, and putting his head down in class. Quadir responded no. Quadir stated, getting along with others, making better choices, and control behavior. Quadir stated, talking back, fighting, being abusive, and yelling. Quadir completed the worksheet. Quadir stated, that a student at his school is teasing him, and he complaint to the teacher. Quadir stated, that he feels like fighting the student, but he made the decision to informed the teacher.

On November 16, 2015 the agency received a report stating Savannah went to school with a black eye, bruise on her jaw, and other marks and bruises. Savannah stated her father, Jason Chapman, hit her with the door 3 times. Savannah wrote a note about how to perform oral sex to a friend. The report states her father was coming to get the note from school and “he said he is going to beat me again.” Savannah later reported she was lying behind the door when Mr. Chapman opened the door. Savannah’s therapist, Amy Flowers, recommend for her parents to place her back in the hospital for suicidal ideations. Ms. Chapman reported Savannah has been diagnosed with depression and ADHD, which she feels is a misdiagnosis. Ms. Chapman thinks Savannah is bipolar.