Patient Demographic Information
The patient’s name is Maverick Harris. He currently is from a small progressive town called Smallville in an apartment by himself. Mr. Maverick is a single, Caucasian, male, who was born on November 13, 1982. This was his first admission to EMSH on August 3, 2015. The patient stated that “he has two brothers and no sisters; he is the middle sibling. He has no children and never been in a relationship or married.” Both of his parents are living and they are together. Mr. Maverick reported that he has a good relationship with his parents and siblings. However, he does not have very many friends. He is basically a loner. He finished high school and he also attended Mississippi State University for 2 years in 2012. …show more content…
Maverick’s view is very labile. He changes how he feels about the mental illness daily. The patient at times feels that he will never get better and there is basically no hope of ever helping him. However, at other times Mr. Maverick will be very positive and feel that maybe there is hope for him. He is extremely anxious and overthinks a lot. When the patient was admitted he did not have a reason for really wanting to live. However, he has changed that and states he “wants to live for his family.” He never reports that he wants to live for him, but just for his family. Mr. Maverick is still delusional and does not believe they are delusions. The patient still expresses how everyone will see that he is “Christ and not crazy at the end of the …show more content…
Maverick attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself. He is an extremely anxious, delusional, and paranoid person. He has a strong line of medical history of mental hospitalizations. The patient also has a family history of mental illness. Mr. Maverick has been a difficult patient to work with, due to the fact he does not want to take advice. He feels he is the only person to help him. The patient expresses how there are no medication helping him and no therapy to ever help him. He stated numerous times how his illness was a “lost cause.” Mr. Maverick is a very lonely person, who does not want to cope with his issues. However, some recommendations for this patient would be to stay in therapy and on medications. Also, for the patient to open up more with expression and to listen to coping strategies recommended to him. The patient needs to comply with the medications, instead of fighting it; it would help him more in the long
The patient’s name is Maverick Harris. He currently is from a small progressive town called Smallville in an apartment by himself. Mr. Maverick is a single, Caucasian, male, who was born on November 13, 1982. This was his first admission to EMSH on August 3, 2015. The patient stated that “he has two brothers and no sisters; he is the middle sibling. He has no children and never been in a relationship or married.” Both of his parents are living and they are together. Mr. Maverick reported that he has a good relationship with his parents and siblings. However, he does not have very many friends. He is basically a loner. He finished high school and he also attended Mississippi State University for 2 years in 2012. …show more content…
Maverick’s view is very labile. He changes how he feels about the mental illness daily. The patient at times feels that he will never get better and there is basically no hope of ever helping him. However, at other times Mr. Maverick will be very positive and feel that maybe there is hope for him. He is extremely anxious and overthinks a lot. When the patient was admitted he did not have a reason for really wanting to live. However, he has changed that and states he “wants to live for his family.” He never reports that he wants to live for him, but just for his family. Mr. Maverick is still delusional and does not believe they are delusions. The patient still expresses how everyone will see that he is “Christ and not crazy at the end of the …show more content…
Maverick attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself. He is an extremely anxious, delusional, and paranoid person. He has a strong line of medical history of mental hospitalizations. The patient also has a family history of mental illness. Mr. Maverick has been a difficult patient to work with, due to the fact he does not want to take advice. He feels he is the only person to help him. The patient expresses how there are no medication helping him and no therapy to ever help him. He stated numerous times how his illness was a “lost cause.” Mr. Maverick is a very lonely person, who does not want to cope with his issues. However, some recommendations for this patient would be to stay in therapy and on medications. Also, for the patient to open up more with expression and to listen to coping strategies recommended to him. The patient needs to comply with the medications, instead of fighting it; it would help him more in the long