Substance Abuse Case Study Catherine

It was my senior year in high school when my mom told me that my cousin, Mayra, had given birth to a baby girl. However, child protective services decided that Mayra wasn’t adequate to take care of the child; due to her drug abuse. Child protective services from Mexico were trying to place the baby with close relatives. Sadly, there was only three choices, her grandma, my aunt Gloria, and myself. The choices were few and the family small.

Timeline Past influences which impact Cindy’s development include the marriage and divorce of her parents, the move when she was a teenager, exposure to marijuana, the physical and emotional abuse as a young wife and mother, as well as the early marriage and rapid divorce with her daughters’ father. Current considerations including Cindy’s self-referral effort and willingness to receive support and services to address her problematic symptoms are positive. Concerned about her current state and the impacts on her family, Cindy presents a sign of preparedness towards change. This strength, along with her support system are in Cindy’s favor.

D-The patient arrived on time for her appointment and stated to this writer as they walked to the office that things has gotten better. According to the patient, she knows her triggers to her anger and is willing to address it before it worsen to the point of walking away from the negativity. The issues in her home whereas it's her sister and her son, also, her brother and his family living with her as well tends to give her issues such as disrespecting her home and space. The patient then informs this patient that her brother, who was serving 22 months for drugs was released, staying with her until his parole approves his apartment. The issue in the home is not her brother, but his signigificant other and his son not respecting her home as mentioned before including her sister and her son. This writer and the patient discussed alternatives addressing the anger and dealing with those not respecting her home. At first, the patient mentioned about going into a shelter, but realized she cannot leave her 72 year old mother in the house by herself because as the patient reports, people will take her mother for granted.

Case Study: Sheila's Substance Use and Crisis Treatment Plans Sheila is a single 35 years old mother who lost two sons to child welfare authorities and currently lives in a shelter (Confederation College, 2018). She has been dependent on alcohol for about 20 years (Confederation College, 2018). She has a track record of offenses, such as shoplifting and selling illegal drugs (Confederation College, 2018). At this present time, she has a court case coming up for stealing and assaulting a police officer while under the influence of alcohol (Confederation College, 2018). In the past, she was taken advantage of sexually by her father, who physically abused her brother and her mother (Confederation College, 2018).

On Saturday May 19, 2018 at approximately 3:50 p.m. I observed a yellow Ford Escape traveling north on U.S. 19 approaching Grand Blvd bearing what appeared to be an expired tag of BFZW56 dating 06-2017. A check of FCIC / NCIC confirmed the tag was expired as of 06/22/17.

Behavior/ Living situation: Youth is currently at the youth Detention Center in Union County. Youth was arrested on 12/1/16 with possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance. Youth reported that he wants to come home and be with his family. Ms. Moore stated that she does not want youth to come home due to safety concerns. Ms. Moore wants to move to a safer community before youth can come home. Ms. Moore stated that youth’s grandmother house is not suitable for youth to live due to the community and safety concerns. CM discussed residential substance abuse programs with youth and youth is not in agreement to residential programs.

being. As a result, Bruce should be arrested for assaulting his partner which is also a breach of his probation conditions.

The client is an 18-year-old African American female presented to Norfolk State University Substance Abuse Center after a positive urine test for cocaine and marijuana. The client tested positive for both psychoactive drugs during a mandatory routine screening administered by her employer at a local grocery store. She indicated smoking marijuana (pot) every day and uses cocaine typically on the weekend. However, the client has an increase tolerance level of cocaine as evidence by her stating she is using "more and more cocaine to maintain the same effect. She reported in the past snorting only one line of cocaine, but this has increased to five lines of cocaine in the last past 12 months. In addition, she stated she occasionally smokes a couple

In life things do not always go as planned, sometimes we make some tough choices, which may cause burdens to the ones that love us the most our family (Intervention Videos, 2012). I will be conducting a family analysis on twenty- one-year-old Kaylene from Bernardsville, North Carolina (Intervention Videos, 2012). Kaylene has been battling her drug addiction since the age of thirteen where she started using cocaine and marijuana (Intervention Videos, 2012). For five years now she has been addicted to prescription drugs and she also sells them for money. It all began in Kaylene’s childhood she was abused as a child for some of the simplest things by her estranged father who was an alcoholic at

I work for a residential substance abuse program for adolescents as a counselor and outreach coordinator. I work with clients who are coming in for treatment as well as their family members. our clients come from Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.

As a child, I can vividly remember darting out of my room to escape my cousin Alex’s unstoppable torment. As I reached the living room, I leap onto the sofa bed, only to have him spring on me and then stick his tongue toward my face as I struggled to hold him back. I guess that’s the cost of our parents allowing us to watch the film Alien the previous night. Years later, I awaken to my cell phone ringing, as I roll over I notice it’s my other cousin Jason. My mind tends to run to disaster whenever I receive a call at an unusual hour. This time it truly was what I thought it was, my cousin Alex was dead. Although Alex and I weren’t the closest of family, as he lived in Chicago and I lived in Tampa, it’s astounding the impact a death can have

into tender eyes that had not yet adjusted to the outside world. Had he not been the car's owner, he might have considered puncturing its tires, but deciding upon a lesser (cheaper) form of objection, he fished around in the breast pocket of his jacket for sunglasses, before entering the street behind it.

When my sister hit her teenage years, she hit a slippery slope of partying and drugs. Our family went through some hardships with Jelly’s drug and alcohol addiction. Jail time, drug rehab, in and out patient; however, my mother and I stood by Jelly’s side through it all. We were working on mending our family wounds when it happened. An old love and drug buddy of my mothers, Jeff, had kept in contact with her over the years. Still a frequent drug user, Jeff somehow convinced my mother to let him move in with us. Jeff was not just a drug addict; he was a thief, a liar, and a woman beater, as we would soon find out.

No one in either side of the family have abused alcohol or drugs. My mom’s aunt’s husband committed suicide. He was ill and was forced to use an oxygen tank, until he couldn’t bear with it and took his life. No other family members have had mental problems and/or committed suicide. The family has been strong and has helped one another throughout their problems.

Her grades plummeted, she got violent and her parents kicked​ her out. She moved in with a friend but soon they kicked her out too. After a few weeks of living on the streets her friend Brenden, another addict, told her about a church he was going to. He told her they would help her get off pill and completely support her financially