Austin Mental Illness: A Case Study Of RCG Rose Campos

The mental health professional I interviewed was Carol McClelland of Freedom House Recovery Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Carol has worked with Freedom House for a year as the directory of outpatient services and is licensed as a LPC, LPCS, LCAS, CCS, and MA. Carol’s job requires her to be responsible for the direct oversight of all clinical operations and clinical integrity for outpatient services at Freedom House. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm, along with a crisis and detox center that is available for contact 24/7. Carol has plenty of experience in the mental health field, such as working as a dual diagnosis/substance abuse outpatient therapist, working with the severely mentally ill, working as a criminal justice outpatient therapist, and also working in a methadone clinic. She chose this career after her experiences in working with mental health, and her extensive education in psychology and counseling. Carol stated that outpatient services was the most interesting out of her job experiences, so when she was offered the job at Freedom House, she accepted.

A report was received on 7/9/2017, indicating that Tammy Albury (mother) and Armando Guerrero (father) were involved in a domestic dispute in the presence of Cember Albury (CV-15), Devon Albury (CV-16), and Damian Guerrero (CV-1). According to the report, Armando went to Tammy’s truck to retrieve his property. It was said that Tammy went to Armando’s car to retrieve a phone cord and Armando grabbed her by the hair and pulled her by her left arm out of the car. The report indicated that Tammy fell on the ground and Armando got into his car and drove off. The report indicated that Tammy sustain a bruise on her left upper arm around the bicep. According to the report Cember (CV-15), witness Armando pulled Tammy out of the car.

Sabastian was ordered to have weekly weight checks. It is believed that Gabriella and Shomari do not feed Sabastian properly. There were also concerns about the white area of Sabastian’s eye. The process had begun to refer Sabastian to a specialist. Sabastian was last seen 2/21/18; a visit was scheduled for the week of 2/26-3/2/18, but he had the flu. Gabriella and Shomari received new parent support, 1 on 1 parent support with basic infant care and being able to parent. Although Gabriella and Shomari received parenting support, they were unable to demonstrate what they’ve learned. Gabriella and Sabastian moved to MS to live with Rhonda (maternal grandmother) on 3/3/18. Shomari remains in North Carolina waiting to be discharged from the Navy. After being discharged Shomari will also move to MS. Rhonda is a social worker; she has guardianship of Gabriella’s oldest son (unknown). Jessica spoke with Gabriella the morning of 3/5/18; Gabriella confirmed that she and Sabastian had made it to MS. Jessica informed Gabriella that she needed to continue to follow up with Sabastian’s weekly weight

The police have responded to calls from Cindy’s home on several instances as a result of the family violence. Cindy and her daughter Chloe have been hospitalized involuntarily due to their claims of self-harm and suicidal

Ryan reported the concerns that he has with the family relate towards two or three months ago Bmo approached him regarding some bruises that were on her body. He reported that he didn’t witnessed anything. One night he attacked her, he said he slammed her down on the floor. She had got elbowed in the face, and he grabbed her in the neck.. The reported the marks on his body were consisted with the marks on her body. Bmo reported that him that Bfa had been verbal abusive throughout the years. Bmo reported the him that her son had Bfa had been pushing him regarding what was going on in another relationship. He reported that he whipped him with a belt, when he was trying to get information from him. Both parents in the past are taking drugs.. he is not sure if they are still doing drugs. He feels the anger and abusive may have come from substance abuse.

The reporting party (RP) received information from Alta Regional Center regarding foster parents. It was reported the foster father threatened a foster child say "if you don't stop this I'm going to punch you in the face." According to the RP an in home support services employee was present and overheard the threat and contacted Kang Thao (916) 978-6456 with Alta Regional Center. The RP stated the exact date is unknown, however it was recent. The foster parent met with 2 social workers in their home after the visit the parents became upset at the outcome of the visit and began to swear in the presence of the foster children. Also present were the foster parents' two adopted minor children.

Hamlin FCCS: San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center offers adult field capable clinical services to consumers who are at risk of hospitalization, institutional placement and/or jail. This center offers outreach and field based mental health services, case management, individual therapy, group counseling, medication support, and linkage to the workforce and/or educational goals. Upon first visit there is no visible language or symbols which specifically address mechanisms of oppression. However, there are postings which provide information and education on patient rights and privacy. The organization aids in providing advocacy to clients who have mental disorders.

Mamie is an 87-year-old women whose degenerative arthritis causing her to me almost completely incapacitated and is losing her memory to senility. Moira Mamies daughter is concerned her mother is being abused by her brother Meldrick who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia after an honorable discharge. Meldrick is the sole caretaker of his mother, he relies on support from Moira as well as his mother’s Social Security and Medicare assistance. Moira has seen bruises on her mother and has heard reports of her mother being left outside in a car for hours at night while her brother went in to various places (bar, OTB, church). Mamie might not be in her right mind to remember if she’s being abused or might not know what to nor can she really stand up for herself if she is being abused. I believe that Mamie may be being neglected but I’m not certain she is being physically abused.

The Case of Dr. Breeze and the San Marcos Community Mental Health Center started when Dr. Breeze, a psychoanalyst and a previous director of Manford University’s Outreach Mental Health Services Department was hired to direct the new established San Marcos Community Mental Health Center. Upon his arrival to the newly established mental health center, Dr. Breeze found many things invalid. He decided to make changes to improved San Marcos Community Mental Health Center. For an example, as it stated “They have to build and maintain a staff, design programs, mediate internal disputes and conflicts, develop decision-making process, produced budgets, attend to logistical tasks, and maintain their facilities” (Jansson, 2014). After six months of changes, many of the staffs were divided into different groups and departments to service the different area of needs in the mental health center. However, due to Dr. Breeze major changes, a few primary staff members objected to Dr. Breeze changes. They took an offense of not having the ability to voice their ideas on the new mental health center changes. Therefore, those staff members went forward with action to make a complaint regarding Dr. Breeze changes.

R'reiion advised that she and Rahgquan were at Washington Park playing basketball when a young boy came and got up in Rahgquan's face and started calling him a "bitch". R'reiion advised that Rahgquan picked the boy up and put him on the ground. Shortly afterwards, the young boy's brother came and slapped Rahgquan. Rahgquan and the bother then got into a fight. R'reiion advised that her brother was getting assaulted by multiple guys and she jumped in to assist. While helping, she advised that a dog came and bit her on her left thigh. I did observed two teeth indentions in R'reiion's leg. Photos of her injuries were taken on my body camera. R'reiion advised that the dog was medium size and black and brown. Also, while talking with R'reiion I observed her phone going off multiple times through Facebook. R'reiion handed me her phone and advised that they were threatening her. I observed two messages coming from Bridgette Flowers and Mia Flowers. Both messages stated, "I bet you wont pull up on us again" meaning that they was going to fight her if they saw her again. R'reiion advised that she felt

The United States has had tremendous growth in population over the past two decades, and the demographic landscape has completely shifted because of this. Latinos account for the largest ethnic minority group in the country today, and this has caused tremendous negative backlash against them including increased discrimination and an overall negative impact on their mental health. A previous meta-analysis reported that Latinos experience high levels of depressive symptoms when compared with non-Latino whites (Torres, 2015). Depression is a terrible condition which takes over your ability to control your emotions and ultimately brings you down to the point where the daily activities that you take part in are no longer of interest to you. Not

Many people suffer from mental health challenges. Often times individuals need a place to go to obtain help both mentally and physically. Mental health problems can affect a significant amount of people. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood (“What is mental health?”, 2013 ). Mental health problems can become prevalent at any stage of life. It is important that those mental health problems be addressed and what better way to address those issues is to reach out to the local community to find those resources that can help assist in emergent and non-emergent mental health care.

Mr. P. was born and raised on the island of Puerto Rico by both his parents with five other siblings in a household that exhibits dysfunctionality. Mr. P. is the oldest of his five siblings. He shared that throughout his years he has witnessed violence both in his household and his community. Mr. P. also disclosed that at five (5) years old he witnessed his father beating and chopping off the hands of his neighbor. Mr. P. also disclosed being abused by his paternal uncle from the age of eight (8) years old, until he left home at 16 years old. He shared that his parents were aware of the abuse, however it was neglected and kept as a secret within the family as his uncle who was a “drug lord” and financially supported the family. Over the years,

Mental health is an issue that, in some cases, is a topic that is swept under the carpet as if it has some kind of insignificance, especially within the Latin American community. According to the 2010 census, “17.8% of the U.S population is estimated to be Latino or Hispanic of those, over 15% had a diagnosable mental illness in the past year. That is over 8.9 million people” (“Latino/Hispanic Communities...” , 2016). The Latino American community has been known to suffer from various mental health conditions such as “general anxiety disorder, major depression, PTSD, alcoholism, and high rates of suicide attempts in Latina high school girls” (“Latino Mental Health”, 2011). Now, if mental illness and health issues are so prevalent within this community why is it being ignored?

Pemma has been at the leadership level in the organization for one and a half years, she said there has been a minimal cases ever brought to the Association that she is aware of. The case she is familiar with was a long standing/ongoing issue of alcohol and violence in this family. Last year, Pemma and members of her women’s association came to the Redwood to prepare a meal for residents.