Mental Health Medications Of Limestone College Extended Campus

The client is referral to a particular medical professional depending on the clients need. Determining the most

Imagine living with a mental illness that affects your everyday life but has no physical aspects to it. Waging a war within your own head and not being able to control your own thoughts or feelings. Millions of adolescence throughout the United States are currently sick, living with a mental illness with no idea how to treat it, or even the idea they are sick. Mental Health services on campus may be the answer to treating the diseases many children are suffering from.

Goal : To assess for suicidal, homicidal intent, to gather psychological history, family, educational and developmental history, to assess client and family needs and strengths, to formulate a clinical diagnosis and complete all necessary assessments tools in order to assist the family in developing and reaching the goals that have been identified.

A visit note from Gregory Carico, MD (Internal Medicine), dated 01/23/2017, indicated that the claimant presented with a history of depression. She was involved in a motor vehicle accident on December 9th. She was relieved from work duties from 12/09 to 01/04 and was able to return to work on 01/10. She was again off work on 01/12 for therapy. She had pain in the thoracic part of the back and lower neck to middle back. She was diagnosed with a sprain of ligaments of the thoracic spine. An

In 2014, suicide was the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH, 2015), there were twice as many suicides than there were homicides. Suicidal ideation (SI), defined as an individual thinking about, considering, or planning their suicide, is established before the act of committing suicide. Research suggests that adverse childhood experiences (CDC, 2015) will put an individual at risk for developing a mental illness that could result in SI and suicide attempt (SA). It is important for the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) to recognize the signs of SI and SA while assessing their client.

Presenting for treatment is a 39 year old single, Caucasian female born in Montreal, Canada. The client identifies as heterosexual with no children and no current intimate relationship. The client was recently released from a psychiatric residential treatment in the U.S. and referred for ongoing outpatient treatment by her doctor at the hospital. The client has a history of suicidal ideation, with her last attempt leading to her hospitalization. The client reported that both her parents died in a car accident when she was an infant. The client stated that she has a twin brother whom she did not meet until much later in life. The client reported being raised in a hyper-religious school in Quebec and it was there, the client stated,

The client has high motivation for treatment within MRFH. The client was diagnosed with Alcohol Use Disorder: Severe and Cocaine Use Disorder (crack): Moderate. The client sought treatment at MRFH when he realized he had lost control of using alcohol and crack cocaine. The client stated he attended the MRFH program in the 1980 's but does not remember the exact date of attendance. The client stated he was diagnosed with Mild Depression by a primary care physician when he was 56-years-old. The client reports he has no history of suicidal or homicidal attempts, and currently denies having any suicidal ideations or homicidal ideations. The client stated one to two times per week he experiences muscle tension and worrying about things that he often realizes have no significance. The client stated prior to the age of 18-years-old, "I would knock over my neighbors mailboxes and destroy their gardens, because they would make my parents aware of my wrong doings and that was way of getting them back." The client stated, there was one time that I started a fire and blamed it on my brother. I would break things as well and blame someone else. The client stated if there was an event taking place that he wanted to participate in, he would rush and complete what he was doing so he could become involved in other events taking place around him. The client stated, "I started using drugs and alcohol without thinking about what the consequences. The client appeared to be oriented to the

Mr. Wooten is a 33 year old male who presented to the ED following a visit to his primary care provider. Prior to Mr. Wooten coming to the ED his provider contacted TACT with concerns of Mr. Wooten mentioning suicidal ideation with a plan to use a gun to shoot himself and experiencing depression. At the time of the assessment Mr. Wooten denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. He states having no suicidal ideation today, however mentioned to his provider a previous thought of harming himself. It should be noted Mr. Wooten was seen on 4/22/17 here at Randolph Hospital for reporting similar statement, however retracted his statement after reports a hidden agenda of only seeking anti-depressant medication to alleviate

The writer met with 5 y/o AAM brought to Sinai Grace by EMS due to suicide attempt drinking and took overdose of pills. The consumer also admits to prior suicide attempt three weeks ago. The consumer live with family and has income. The consumer present with flat affect, depressed, agaited and has limited insight into the need for treatment. The writer ask the consumer about what was going on in his life to make him attempt suicide. The consumer states it was life stressor and report that he was in a car accident a few weeks ago. The consumer admits depression, anxiety, limited insight into the need for treatment and impaired judgment and he has some desire to improve on his current situation. The consumer admits to drinking alcohol daily

Additional, the client has met a Major Depressive Episode, which includes him currently meeting the three criteria; A, B, and C. Criteria A suggest that the client meet five symptoms during a two week time period. The client’s symptoms are as follows: depressed mood most of the day nearly every day as indicated by observation of his wife, marked diminished interest in activities most of the day, nearly every day indicated by observation of him not going to work in the past two weeks, psychomotor retardation nearly every day the last two weeks observed by his wife due to him not leaving the bed, diminished ability to think noticed by others when suggesting courses of action as to what may be helpful to him, and lastly, recurrent suicidal thoughts of death demonstrated by his irrational inquiries about an un-diagnosable disease of him dying soon. Criteria B reads that the client’s symptoms have to put significant distress or impairment in life areas of function, which the client does meet due to him not being able to currently leave his home/bed. Finally, criteria C is met because the client has to history of substance abuse or another medical condition that indicates attributable physiological effects. Although, the narrative suggests that there is history of Major Depressive Disorder, those particular episodes, I believe are not clinically attached to this particular manic episode, where he is now saying, “My skin is coming off in

Sara is in need of residential treatment due to her history of self-injurious behaviors, and multiple attempts of suicidal gestures. Sara requires a higher level of care which outpatient care is currently failing to provide her at this time. Sara continues to have depressive symptoms and anxious feelings for the last few months. The patient has had two acute inpatient admissions within the last 3 months and requires long term stabilization. At this time Sara requires 24 hour supervision and ongoing intervention and treatment.

Robert Trinh is a 34 year-old senior truck driver referred to your outpatient physical therapy office for “chronic low back pain” which started 7 months ago. He was lifting a particularly heavy load that day and felt something “tweaked” in his low back as he was bent over and moving the load from the truck into the sidewalk. He remembered being in a bent over posture and cannot straighten up for about 2 weeks and the posture gradually resolved. Current pain level is 8/10 with sharp burning sensation in the low back (P1= symptom location #1) that radiates down to the posterolateral right lower leg (P2= symptom location #2). The entire right lower leg also feels tingling often. Robert reports that the right lower leg can feel very sensitive at

The back and neck pain is always there, sometimes it’s just under the surface, but it is always there in varying degrees. She wanted to try a different chiropractic clinic, and she went to Twin Oaks Chiropractic & Acupuncture Clinic and saw David Mullins, D.C. on 01/25/16.

College students usually take prescription stimulants orally and illegally. College students are usually stressed out about getting the best grade they can possibly get in a class. Students usually don't get enough sleep because of the constant need to finish papers and/or he or she is procrastinating. There aren't as many college students who are experimenting and getting high nowadays rather, the motives for taking these prescription drugs is so that one can have more concentration while studying because their future rides on how well they do in college. More of adolescents are the ones who are experimenting and taking drugs that have not prescribed for them, just so they can achieve or experience a certain feeling (Hamilton, 2009).

A client that has expressed he has been suffering from severe bipolar disorder and his quality of life is so compromised by his illness that he logically and rationally chooses suicide, should be involuntary admitted to a mental health facility. As a counselor for the client it is ethically necessary to try to minimize harm where it is foreseeable and unavoidable (3.04, American Psychological Association, 2002). Subsequently, petitioning to have the client admitted to a mental health facility will serve as a means of trying to minimize harm to the client. According to Illinois law the client is a candidate for involuntary admission to a mental health facility because due to his illness he is reasonably expected to engage in dangerous conduct which places him in harm (405 ILCS 5/1 119). According to Illinois law, as a counselor of at least 18 years of age for the client and who has direct knowledge of the client’s desire to harm himself, I would present a petition for admittance to a mental facility to the facility director (405 ILCS 5/3 601). The petition would include the descriptions of client’s symptoms of bi polar disorder such as his reports of terrifying and tormenting episodes of depressive psychosis as well as his feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. Most important, the petition would also include his announcement that he has decided to commit suicide, rather than fight his recurrent mental illness. In addition to the reasons