Chandra is a 29-year-old female who was brought to the emergency room by the police after she reportedly try to still a bus. Because she appeared to be an “emotionally disturbed person, “ a mental health evaluation is being requested.
According to the detective, Chandra threatened the driver with a knife, took over the almost empty bus, and crashed it into a building. Chandra’s friend, Kelly, was on the bus at the time and shared that they got on the bus at the same time in order to go to the mall. When the bus driver refused to take Chandra’s dollar bills, she looked in her purse for correct change, and then pulled out the kitchen knife that she carries for protection. When the driver fled, Chandra got into the driver’s seat and drove into the building across the street when she tried to drive away.
Upon beginning the evaluation, Chandra remained in handcuffs. She is heavy set and has a bandage on her forehead. She fidgeted in her chair and rocked back and forth. …show more content…
Big, strong, intrusive, and psychotic, she had been hospitalized almost constantly since age 11. Her auditory hallucinations generally consisted of a critical voice commenting on her behavior. Her thinking was concrete but when relaxed she could be self-reflective. She was motivated to please and recurrently said her biggest goal was to “have my own room in my own house with my own friends.” The mental health provider was not sure what made Chandra pull out the knife. She had not been hallucinating lately and has been feeling less paranoid. He however wondered if she might have been more psychotic than she had let on. It was possible that she was just impatient and irritated. He also shared that she had spent almost no period of life developing normally and thus had very little experience outside of
According to the detective, Chandra threatened the driver with a knife, took over the almost empty bus, and crashed it into a building. Chandra’s friend, Kelly, was on the bus at the time and shared that they got on the bus at the same time in order to go to the mall. When the bus driver refused to take Chandra’s dollar bills, she looked in her purse for correct change, and then pulled out the kitchen knife that she carries for protection. When the driver fled, Chandra got into the driver’s seat and drove into the building across the street when she tried to drive away.
Upon beginning the evaluation, Chandra remained in handcuffs. She is heavy set and has a bandage on her forehead. She fidgeted in her chair and rocked back and forth. …show more content…
Big, strong, intrusive, and psychotic, she had been hospitalized almost constantly since age 11. Her auditory hallucinations generally consisted of a critical voice commenting on her behavior. Her thinking was concrete but when relaxed she could be self-reflective. She was motivated to please and recurrently said her biggest goal was to “have my own room in my own house with my own friends.” The mental health provider was not sure what made Chandra pull out the knife. She had not been hallucinating lately and has been feeling less paranoid. He however wondered if she might have been more psychotic than she had let on. It was possible that she was just impatient and irritated. He also shared that she had spent almost no period of life developing normally and thus had very little experience outside of