Mental Status Assessment

Mr. Max Rios, a 35-year old divorced male, who has been incarcerated at the Cook County Department of Corrections for several months, has been waiting for his trial. As the Cook County Jail is primarily for holding pre-trial detainees, he was recommended by the local criminal justice system for a psychological evaluation before his trial due to numerous encounters with the law. Before the psychological evaluation was performed, Mr. Rios’s medical and juvenile/adult criminal records were requested to be examined along with a meeting with his ex-wife, former employer and parents. According to his medical records, Mr. Rios shows a history of anxiety along with episodes of depression also. As for his criminal record and a background check, it showed a history of problems with the legal system regarding extortion, aggravated assaults, identity theft, money laundering and numerous arrests for minor misconduct offenses along with a string of civil suits as well.

On July 27, 2006, the New York Times published an article on the findings of the retrial of Andrea Yates and her not guilty due to insanity over the drowning deaths of her five children. (Woman Not Guilty, 2006). The court decided to commit her to a state mental hospital until medical experts decide she is not a threat to herself or anyone else. In 2002, an earlier jury rejected her claims she was psychotic and found her guilty. Yates alleged by murdering her children she actually saved them. (Woman Not Guilty, 2006). The appeals court overturned the decision because of “erroneous testimony from a prosecution witness.” (Woman Not Guilty, 2006). Yate’s lead lawyer, George Parnham, remarked that the verdict was a “watershed for mental

The case that I decided to analyze is a criminal case, State Vs Stepp. Joshua Stepp was charged with first-degree murder as well as first-degree sexual assault of his ten-month-old step daughter Cheyenne Yarley. Stepp is an ex-military man who claims to suffer from PTSD. Stepp asks that the court charge him with second-degree murder on the account that he “was unable to perform the specific intent to kill” due to his PTSD.

. The husband of the plaintiff file a petition to the court that his wife[plaintiff] is mentally ill and needs to have a court order directing the admission of her to the mental health hospital. The petition initiated by plaintiff’s husband is the order of the Wayne County probate court, and it is also appropriately certified by Doctors Wolodzko, who after appearing in her house and introducing himself as a doctor , and have a conversation with her in person that day and another day in telephone, determine that she is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and Smyk. The court gave the order and the Plaintiff was taken by ambulance from her home to a private psychiatric

Pamela, as a victim of domestic violence, felt she was and was not treated properly by the system. Pamela, feels like the system treated her properly for the actual trial part of her case, but does not feel like she was treat fairly in other areas. Such as safety and comfort, during and after the trial was over. There were times when she was told they would notify her of his release or of any court hearings. She was not always notified. She feared for her life for weeks, even though her ex-husband was supposed to still be in jail. She was unaware of any activities he was allowed in jail. The jail staff did not believe her, nobody believed her, at first. Pamela’s ex-husband was getting out of jail for work-release in the mornings and was calling her. She says she received death threat telephone calls from him for almost two weeks straight because she had made him sit in jail for six months. When she reported it, the jail staff and corrections officers denied he had any way to contact her. She was scared and frustrated, but did not have a way to pay the $25 charge to change her

I responded to Suntrace MHP Lot 37 in reference to a domestic call. Upon arrival, I made contact with Jessica Ray. Ray stated that this moring around 04:00 her boyfriend (Carlos Stewart) hit her in back of the head. Ray stated that he always hit her but this time sheve had enough and want something done about it. Ray stated that Stewart did hit her on back of the head this morning but officers didn’t see anysigns of a physical altercation on Ray. Ray did have some bruising but she advised that it was from a past altercation.

Both the client, Lillie Bonifant and the defendant, Joe Roper, are student athletes at Justice City University (JCU). Ms. Bonifant, who is a diver for the university, did not do well on her final dive at the school’s swim tournament. Ms. Bonifant friend’s took her out on the night of the altercation with hopes of trying to cheer her up. On March 14, 2015, Bonifant and her friends arrived at the Lonely Turtle at approximately 10:00pm. Mr. Roper and his friends arrived at the Lonely Turtle shortly before 10:30. Mr. Roper was in a good mood that night since he found out that he received an internship for the summer.

Presenting Problem: Nasir was in court due to charges of Burglary and Conspiracy to Commit Burglary, this is his first court contact. As a result of these charges Nasir has spent time indetention, shelter care and on electric monitoring. He has no hx of escape. Nasir stated in court he did not know why he commited these offenses. He did well in each program and responds well to structure and supervision. Nasir risk to reoffend was moderate. He has reported using marijuana in the lasat 3 months but denies alcohol or any other drug use.

I am writing in regards to the domestic violence charge I received October 8, 2016. First, I will begin by touching base on the events that occurred that night. I had received an acceptance letter from Clinton Technical School that I had been accepted to nursing school. Since I had gotten accepted I decided that I wanted to celebrate by going to a concert with a friend of mine.

ON 10/15/14, THE MILLCREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A REPORT OF ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE FROM THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH. THE POLICE INITIATED AN INVESTIGATION AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD SEXUALLY ASSAULTED TWO CHILDREN. THE CHILDREN WERE A.T. (A MALE, DOB 08/21/04) AND A.T. (A FEMALE, DOB 04/17/03), AND THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER WAS HEATHER SANTOS, WHO HAD BEEN THE DEFENDANT'S GIRLFRIEND AROUND THAT TIME. TH INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT OCCURRED BETWEEN 12/02 THROUGH 02/14. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH POLICE, THE DEFENDANT REPORTED THAT HE HAD MOVED INTO MS. SANTO'S TRAILER DURING 01/12 OR 01/13, AND HE REMAINED THERE UNTIL 12/14. DURING HIS STAY WITH THIS FAMILY, THE DEFENDANT REPORTEDLY WATCHED MS. SANTO'S 5 CHILDREN. THE DEFENDANT

Do a mental inventory of your life; what items do you have that you know you could get rid of? What do you think you absolutely couldn’t live without? There are thing that people can’t live without this could be because of a job or the item has an important memory attached with it. My computer is an example of a item I can't live without because I want to be a computer programmer I have to use my computer to practice coding. Another example would be my xbox because of the memories of me and my dad playing videogames together.

First and foremost, before any assessment can take place it is very imperative to conduct a Mental Status Exam (MSE). Simply because this examination will set the foundation in the treatment process. According to research the purpose for this type of examination is to become aware of the clients specific cognitive functions, and to administer a structured assessment which will help forensic professionals and therapist to formulate a diagnostic plan through observation of the patient’s appearance, mood, speech, behavior, and overall cognitive abilities (Martin, 1990).

The defendant stated that he is aware of his bad choices and he would like to let the Court know that he is willing to comply with his sentence. The defendant shared that he experiences severe episodes of depression including suicidal ideation. The defendant reported his intention to follow up with his mental health treatment and substance abuse

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The mental status exam (MSE) requires clinicians to pay attention to detail when interviewing the client. MSE is usually done during intake or the assessment phase of the client’s treatment. Clients do not even know the clinician is completing a MSE, because the clinician is not asking questions, usually paying attention to the details of their client. According to Polanski and Hinkle (2000) the MSE has 5 parts and those parts are as follows;