Tracey Case Study

The second key issue in Marci’s case is Cannabis Use Disorder. Similar to her alcohol use Marci admits use of marijuana has contributed to her lack of motivation in her academic achievements and spiritual life. Marci meets five criteria for cannabis use disorder, and states she “does not believe cannabis is harmful to her.” Although, she is currently in early remission she acknowledges that “she would like to continue using if she would not get caught.” Marci is in the

On October 22, Texas authorities found a small child’s body. Texas authorities believe that it could be three-year old Sherin Mathews who went missing on October 7. She was last seen in her backyard by her adoptive father Wesley Mathews. The body was found in a culvert by Sergeant Kevin Perlich. The body is still being examined, but was said to be most likely Sherin Mathews. Sherin Mathews’s father had said that he let his daughter out at 3 a.m. Wesley made his daughter stand 100 feet away from the house near an alleyway. This was his way of punishing her “because she wouldn’t drink her milk.”  He came back for his three-year old at 3:15 a.m. but she was gone. Mathews didn’t call the police until five hours after he had found her missing. Later

Her father was a drunk, her mother was mentally ill, all she had was her three siblings to struggle with her by her side. Throughout her life she wasn’t given all that she needed, and her parents put her in many dangerous

A mentally ill teenage named Jessica Roger was born to Joan and Kevin Roger. As a young girl Roger’s mother was verbally abusive to her and her sister, she even went as far as trying to kill her husband. When little Roger was about eleven years old her mother left them with their alcoholic father. Roger ended up in prison for biting her sister and other acts because of her disorder, eventually she committed suicide while serving her time in a place where she just didn't belong. Although her mother showed remorse after her death and said, “she accepts blame, maybe too much, for what happened to her Jet”. On the other hand her father was unapologetic for his drinking “I still drink. It’s legal”. Roger sent her parents countless letter of how she was feeling but they didn’t do anything until after her death. Are you wonder how a mentally ill sixteen year old girl ends up on prison?

Andrea Yates was a mother of five who lived in a Houston suburb. Andrea suffered from serve postpartum depression and psychosis which unfortunately lead her to drown all five of children in a bath tub one afternoon. Andrea was charged with capital murder and was given life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years. However, she filed an appeal, and her original sentence was overturned, and she was found in innocent in 2006 on reason of insanity. I’m going to explain her upbringing and her mental health influenced her to murdering her children.

This story is not a typical one when it comes to the topic of child abuse. Most people would think that they would hear about starvation, or beatings, or sexual molestation. But child abuse is harming a child whether it be mentally or physically and forcing a child to live with something like this can be severely mentally damaging. (Hopper)

Born in 1960 Kimberly Renae McCoy grew up in country side of Vian Oklahoma. Her parents, Billie and Sue McCoy raised her to be strong and independent, which turned out to be the best gift they could give their only daughter. The second of four babies her hardworking mother bore, only Kim and Clinton, the third, baby survived. The first, Richard, died of SIDS a few months after birth. The baby, Morgan David, died of pneumonia when he was a few months old. After the deaths of the babies, Billie went into a deep depression and refusal to grow close to his two living children, instead of turning to alcohol to cover his pain. Sue, continued to be loving and affectionate to both Kim and Clinton, but it wasn’t long until she used alcohol to help with her hidden pain as well.

Jeannette Walls, the second oldest child, was chosen to be interviewed next. Jeannette Walls is a tall, skinny, pale, orange haired thirteen year old girl with large scar across her body. Jeannette got this scar from an incident when she was three years old and living in trailer park in southern Arizona. During this time, Jeannette was left unattended and allowed to cook hot dogs and her dress caught on fire, leading to her to receive severe burns that required a skin graft (Walls 9-10). Jeannette Walls, being only three years old at the time, was far too young to be left unattended and allowed to use a stove, which results in her receiving severe burns. This blatant neglect from her parents shows their irresponsibility, due to the fact that they allowed they left a three year old child unattended and allowed her to get into an extremely dangerous situation that could have resulted in the death of the child.

Where she was told that her heart problem which she had when she was younger might come back , it is a defect in the septum between the heart's two lower or pumping chambers (ventricles). She was told that she grow out of it when she was younger but they were afraid that I would come back . these meant that katheryn had to go in for multiple blood test and x-rays and also had to take five different pills in the morning and night. But katheryn still had to go to school she attended , Oxon hill high school where her older brother Russell Hawkins attended. He was the only person katheryn know all her friend had gone to a different high school . And to make it worse katheryn wasn't even able to start school until the third day n which made it worse because she had to walk in a class of kids just staring at her which made so nerve that she went home and cry that she never wanting to go to that school again but as the months and years at Oxon hill katheryn made friends and learned her way around the school . And at this time katheryn was still seeing her father now every other weekend where she start to let him into her life more . Around the eleventh grade, her father told her that he was going to have to get a heart transplant

Andrea Yates was once a loving person to the family and friends. She was a nurse who worked at Houston's M D Anderson Cancer Center for 8 years. She met her husband Rusty, who work for NASA's space-shuttle programmed. They met in college and got married in 1993. Over the next 7 years, she gave birth to five children, and had to give up her job as a nurse to be home for the kids. The family wasn’t very stable, they move around many time and one time they had to live converted bus. Andrea had a father, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and was very ill for which she had to take care of him too. Few years later after marriage, she gave birth to the children, and she suffered postpartum illness which lead to her craziness of drowning her

Lan reported that during his last consumption of marijuana, he consumed one “blunt”, which made her feel “dizzy” but “focused at times”. Mr. Lan stated that it took one half of a “blunt” after ten minutes. Mr. Lan stated that his last use date is October 4, 2016. Mr. Lan stated that his tolerance level has decreased. Mr. La reported that he has driven under the influence of marijuana in the past. Mr. Lan reported that he his consumption of marijuana has stopped. Mr. Lae stated that her drug of choice is marijuana. Mr. Lan reported that he has attempted to stop using marijuana in the past. He stated that he attempted to stop consuming marijuana during soccer season and for ROTC up to seven times over four years while he was in high

Foster parent, Shanikqua Glenn, stated that the reason she requested this Review is because she would like to express her “point of view” of the incident. Ms. Glenn indicated that she is concerned about Azzore; she is receiving phone calls from his school and he is “crying for me.” Ms. Glenn expressed that Azzore has various marks on him which were inflicted by his sister, Tymani. Ms. Glenn indicated that she is concerned about Tymani and Azzore being in a foster home and the treatment Azzore is subjected to by Tymani. Ms. Glenn voiced that Tymani was not allowed to physically abuse Azzore while both children were placed in her home.

Leslie then brought up her other child who was supposedly raped by a former co-worker when she was 11-years-old. Leslie stated how her children suffered from psychological disorders, yet the children were so well

At 11 years old she saw her mother deceased in a casket. She gave birth to her first baby at the age of 16 and had five more children to relieve issues of feeling empty and alone. As the pressures of teen pregnancy, poverty and motherhood mount Diane turns to crack cocaine and neglect her then young children. Her eldest daughter reports her drug use to her teachers which results in the removal of all six of Diane’s children into foster care for a period of 10 years. During that time Diane turns to her community drug rehabilitation center, Child welfare services, her religion and her therapist for help in recovering from her addictions and for help in reuniting with her children.

Once this girl started with the drugs, she could not stop. As soon as she tried the first drug, it lead to all of the other drugs and things that she did. Her first time doing the drug was an accident, and she did not know, but she made the wrong choice in continuing to do them. She said it gave her a feeling of belonging and love that she had never felt before. If her parents or her close friends had paid more attention to her, then some of the events that happened would not have happened. Her heavy drug use lead to her runaway from home to the streets, involvement in crime, her prostitution, and her visit to the insane asylum. She found a "best friend" (Chris) - one that would give her drugs - and they decided to runaway and leave their family and friends to start their own shop in San Francisco. They thought they could not handle their parents telling them what is right and what is wrong, but that is what they needed to hear. They were naive in thinking they could live their lives alone without any rules or any authority.