Outpatient Services Case

Jared can get involved in twelve step recovery as this also will help him meet people in recovery.

The Council’s services are divided into four main areas. The first one, Behavioral Health Clinic for Children and Families, includes therapeutic services like screenings and assessments, individual, family and group therapy, play therapy and school advocacy as well as prevention and outreach services like Kids Camp, community education and conferences on topics like fetal alcohol syndrome and keeping infants and toddlers safe. The second area is Substance Abuse Counseling and Assessment Programs which is the largest of the four areas. It includes outpatient treatment and counseling services, OSR screenings for state funded inpatient treatment,

Assisted Outpatient Treatment, AOT is court ordering a mentally illness person to legally attend and commit to outpatient treatment in order to remain within the community. Every state but five have agreed to AOT. The purpose behind AOT is to prevent and decrease relapse for patients who are mentally ill and are considered high risk based on their psychiatric history. We will explore the benefits and limitations of this form of treatment.

In 2010, my cousin went on a hiking trip with her Residential Treatment Center (RTC). On that trip, she collapsed and wasn’t taken to the hospital until a couple weeks later. By that time, we found out that her body was overheated, which caused her to collapse and she was slowly becoming brain dead. She passed away three days after her seventeenth birthday, which would have made it year before she could come back to our family. If only the RTC staff was able to get her to a hospital soon enough, she would have been able to share memories with our family would be able to have a relationship with my cousin. There is an issue with the RTC’s that need to be handled. RTC’s “provide intensive help for youth with serious emotional and behavior problems (Residential)”. There needs to be better communication with the citizens, more drop-ins in the centers and a more thorough application process for the staff at the Residential Treatment Centers in order to give these foster children the care and attention they need.

According to Family Matter (2005) currently in the United States, around half of all teenager resides in the home where either substance abuse, illicit drugs or alcoholic is use and it creates problems. Consequently, if Jack T. is willing to accepts treatment, as many making a person who has a substance abuse habit to consent to treatment is typical tough and often stop working says (Butcher, Minkeka, & Holley, 2007). I think that an effective aftercare outpatient treatment plan for Jack T. that will address his ongoing need for treatment, relapse prevention efforts, and specific of monitoring compliance would include the, Adolescent Aftercare Program.

Hi Erica, I totally agree, that the most positive action that came out of assisted outpatient treatment (AOT), is that patient got the treatment they needed. I don't know if you remember the case with Senator  Creigh Deeds in Virginia, he was stabbed multiple timed by his mentally ill son. Moreover, the son was admitted to the hospital the day before the stabbing for treatment of mental illness. The senator son was release the next day in custody of his family because there was no beds available, where he could be treated." In Virginia, mental-health authorities can hold people for four to six hours after a magistrate judge issues an emergency custody order. After that, a magistrate must issue a temporary detention order, or TDO, to allow an

I completed my participation observation on an outpatient behavioral health service agency called North Central Behavior Health Systems (NCBHS) that is located in LaSalle, Illinois. The reason why I chose the NCBHS agency center is because I have heard of the services provided to the local and neighboring communities. I currently work in an inpatient behavioral health unit. Our patients are discharged with a treatment plan that includes follow-up appointments with outpatient service centers such as NCBHS. Since many of my patients are discharged from my unit with follow-up at NCBHS, I decided to further my knowledge on this outpatient service agency.

Ms.C was a case manager at an outpatient clinic that provided a variety of services. One of her clients was Ms. R, who was receiving services as a result of a recent divorce. Ms. C had also experienced a divorce in her past and though she had effectively dealt with that experience, but found herself identifying with many comments by Ms. R. Through their work together, the two women realized they shared many common interests. They often found themselves talking about these shared interests in their time together and eventually began meeting for coffee after their sessions. Ms. R soon suggested they begin spending additional time together socially and Ms. C agreed. Before long, they became fast friends, spending significant amount of social time together on evenings and weekends, visiting clubs, going to movies or visiting local restaurants. After several months, the two had a falling out about a gentleman both women favors. Ms. R filed a complaint with the Regulatory agency in her state about the relationships. Throughout this paper this case will be analyzed including the harmful effects of the relationship on all parties involved in the helping relationship, the social and emotional impacts of the relationship, the effect on the treatment relationship, the likely outcome of Ms. R’s complaint if filed in New York State, and the strategies to minimize the likelihood of such a relationship arising.

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A 45-year-old male presented to our Outpatient Clinic with history of a swelling involving the upper part of left leg. He had noticed this swelling 6 months back, which had gradually increased in size. There was no history of associated pain, limitation of movements of the knee, fever or swelling involving any other part of the body.

I agree the inpatient treatment can be a very effective method to treating chemically dependent patients. As you stated this program can be very expensive and sometime only available to a chosen few. These inpatient facilities work well in some cases, but these clinics are not readily available for indigent patients. For patients looking to seek treatment they may end up on a waiting list for treatment, but once in the program they use a lot of group therapy classes for patients and one on one therapy treatment. Inpatient treatment facility is great, especially when attempting to monitor a patient during their treatment.

In the last 5 years, the Healthcare clinic has altered clinic operating hours at least five times due to cost issues. This has led to a high turn over rate as employees felt that they cannot keep up with the scheduling requirements and expectations from corporate. Employees felt that there was no work-life balance with corporate mandated scheduling. In 2012, when the clinic was short of Nurse Practitioners, clinic closures were inevitable, which in turn led to loss of revenue. This led to the inevitable workforce reduction in 2013 which put the Health care clinic at the bottom rank financially.

Overcoming alcohol addiction can be a long and arduous task. I commend Bill for recognizing that he has a problem and wanting to control his drinking to only the weekends. Any addict that stop drinking “cold turkey” could be very dangerous for them and has a high risk of relapse. However, with the help of medication and counseling, an addict could learn how to control his drinking, so that he will still be able to enjoy a drink socially without abusing it. Once the detoxification and withdrawal process begin, an addict may even avoid using alcohol altogether. Based on the information provided, I would recommend Bill for ASAM Care 2.1 or 2.5. Bill was recommended for intensive outpatient treatment by his probation officer for his second DUI.

To provide services through specialist units, to serve individuals, families and communities with a range of services geared to treat persons with addiction and to promote community care and to address stigmatization issues of mental health and persons living with them.

Counseling an individual battling drug addiction this, week session, built my skills in perfecting my referral knowledge. It comprised of the necessary steps and guidelines to follow. Working alongside Chaplain Fletcher gave me assurance as we welcomed a young man to the Peacemakers office who was requesting help from drug addiction. This 30-year-old man immediately started voicing his wrongdoings of breaking the chances of starting a family with his fiancé of six months. Confessing of stealing his fiancé’s jewelry to provide cash for his drug habits, he voiced apologetically and compassion regret. He sympathetically admitted to his want to regain his family structure. He declared he messed up badly and was willing to take measures that would bring changes for the better. His action resulted in him not being able to reside under the same roof with the mother of his son. He pleaded that his environment contributed to his failure of not achieving total control of his actions. He since moved back to his mother’s house which is not the best place for him, because his dad and little brother continue consumption of heavy alcoholic drinks, smoking, and drugs abuse.