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Patient arrived via EMS due to her mother calling 911 after the patient made suicidal comments at home and conflict with her mother. Patient was engaging in sexual behavior with a strange, in exchange for drugs. Patient went home and told her mother what she did, passively stating she wanted to kill herself.
The patient has a history of risky sexual behavior, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. Patient also has a history of physical and verbal altercations with others including family and EMS / hospital / treatment staff, and has a history of 3 suicide attempts, most recent attempt was 1 year ago by ingesting bleach.
Patient has a past psychiatric history of ASD, ADHD, MDD, GAD, and Cannabis Use disorder.
Archives: Cases
Post Type Description
RMC-M12-1802
2nd visit to RMC in one week for running away (from school and from home). Verbally abusive towards authority (Sheriff’s Dept. and his grandparents). Recent theft (stole a sweatshirt from the mall) and violation of school policy (vape found in locker). Patient is refusing to return home with grandparents (legal guardians since 10 months old), now claiming they physically and emotionally abuse him. Hennepin Co. CPS has no concerns with safety at home. Patient is now making threats to grandparents, expressing that he wants them to “be murdered.” Grandparents are concerned for their safety after threats made by patient.
MCR-F12-1396
Update on 8/17/23 – still waiting placement, relocated to peds area, not admitted, still an ED patient.
Patient is ward of state with guardianship by Otter Tail County. On a stay of commitment. Terrible trauma history and aggression – toward inanimate objects, but occ if staff gets close, she will be aggressive toward a person. Multiple hospitalizations/boarding situations, multiple (5-6) PRTF placements and failures, including an out of state facility that was suddenly shut down. Was in Rochester for hotel with respite, but they brought her in after less than a week due to behaviors. Struggles to regulate when frustrated.
MHF-F13-1289
Update 9/28/23: Has potential placement. Awaiting.
Patient was brought in by medics after she was physically aggressive with a staff member at The Aspen House, where she has been living for two months.
Patient has adoptive parents and adoptive siblings. She was adopted when she was two years old, and has recently reconnected with bio-dad.
Patient had prior diagnoses of depression, ADHD combined type, anxiety, neurocognitive disorder related to maternal meth abuse while patient was in utero, and learning disability. She’s been in M Health FV IOP, since she’s been there. She does not participate in groups or other activities much. She’s been in an inpatient mental health unit, mostly at M Health FV, at least four times. The last admit was 4/21-4/27/2022 at FV. She’s had the following RTC placements: Eau Claire Academy, 4-8/2022, CRTC 8/2022-1/2023, and Avanti 1-4/2023. She receives Psychiatry and Therapy services through the group home.
She has had two prior suicide attempts by choking herself.
MHF-M13-1809
Patient presents to the emergency department for the 4th time in 12 days. Patient was discharged from the hospital, went home with his mother, and got into a verbal argument in the car. Patient reports his mother kicked him out of the house, so he went to school. Patient arrived at school and was told that he was not allowed to be there due to historical violent threats against other students, so school staff called police. Patient has recently engaged in property damage at his home and made homicidal threats towards his step-father.
Patient’s father is incarcerated for murder. Patient’s mother has history of childhood sexual trafficking. Patient has ongoing parent-child conflict. Patient has no history of inpatient mental health admission or intensive outpatient treatment. Patient is involved in a youth runaway program. Patient has a school social worker. Patient has established medication management.
Patient’s mother is refusing to pick patient up due to homicidal threats towards family.
RMC-M16-1022
16-year-old Caucasian male with disregulated behaviors and suicidal ideation. Patient was brought into the hospital by EMS from school. Patient punched a wall, made suicidal statements and began banging his head in response to a conflict with another student and teacher. Mother of child states “ramping up” behaviors at home recently. Patient carries a current diagnosis of ADHD, OCD, Autism, and Bipolar Disorder. Patient lives at home with his mother, father, and younger sister. Patient has has a history of mental health hospitalizations: at age 11 (Prairie St. Johns) and age 8 (Fairview Ridges).
MHF-M16-1797
Patient is presenting to the ED for the following concerns: physical aggression. Patient has prior diagnosis of ASD, ADHD, Intellectual Disability, and Mood Disorder. Patient has prior presentations for behavioral issues and outbursts at United, Mercy, and Abbott. Patient lives with his mother and 5 other siblings. Patient and his family were outside, when he says his sister started mocking him. Patient hit his sister twice, and then his brother. Patient then came up behind his mother, as if to hit her, and his brother stepped in. Patient’s mother is refusing to pick him up.
Patient’s family is moving this week, and he does not want to move.
SMCF-M14-1785
14yr old male who presents to Emergency Dept with homicidal ideations with dad from school. He denies making statements of a homicidal nature but per report he threatened to kill his school paraprofessional and “shoot up the school.” Patient has access to means and at the time reported intent. He also make threats to hospital staff when angry and has made several comments about owning a gun. He has a history of acting violently and notes when he is angry he could do something to harm others. He missed several days of his psychiatric medications which may be contributing to this escalating behavior. Medication was restarted two days ago but he needs a safe secure environment to restart medication and to further evaluated his risk of threat to others. Patient is perseverative in this thinking, restless, and with disorganized thinking which may be in part due to not receiving his ADHD prior to this assessment but also deserves further assessment.
MHF-M18-1739
UPDATE 9/21/23 – placement difficult due to the arson incident.
Patient presents to ED for aggressive behaviors. Today, patient lit a fire in the bathroom of his group home because he was “tired of living” and “tired of his group home staff”, after they turned off the wifi in the house. After lighting the fire, police and fire department arrived. Patient was still escalated and refusing to leave the group home while the fire was burning in the bathroom. Patient was brought outside by a police officer, and patient attempted to grab the officer’s handgun. Patient states he did this with intent of using on himself or his group home manager. Patient was quickly handcuffed and restrained into an ambulance.
Patient was reportedly hospitalized in Floriday last month while on vacation for aggression, agitation, med non-compliance. Patient has been living in his current group home since 2019. Patient attends an alternative school which he enjoys. Patient has PCP and psychiatry per his report. States he has been in “placements” his entire life since being adopted from Ethiopia at a young age by his current adoptive parents. Previous admissions in 2018 for DMDD, and aggression.
Hx of learning disability, aggressive behavior, agitation, outbursts.
SMCW-F15-1775
Pt is brought to the ED by law enforcement due suicidal ideations. Pt has a long standing mental health history. She Has been hospitalized innumerable amounts of times for suicidal ideations. In August alone, she was hospitalized for mental health twice. She has a case worker with social services who is supposedly working on long term placement for her. She is living at home again. In the past, it has been shown that this living situation is not ideal and she has innumerable mental health hospitalizations as she reports self harm and suicidal ideation and plans. 2 days ago, she was walking in the road hoping to get hit by a car. The sheriff was called and pt removed herself from the road and went back home with her mother. Crisis team was called again last night. Pt was outside walking and threatening self harm for 12 hours. Her CSS worker was there during this time. She threatened to hang herself with the clothes line. She finally agreed to go home and watched TV until she fell asleep. She slept until 1:30 pm today. Tonight she was at the church and took a cord and wrapped it around her neck threatening self harm. Law enforcement was contacted as she was refusing to leave the church. She was brought to the ED for evaluation.
Pt reports she doesn’t feel safe to return to home. She reports she wants to die and threatens to cut herself or overdose on medication.
Mother reports pt has a PCA that she stays with. This PCA is her cousin. The cousins father died and pt has not been able to go to stay with her for the last week. Pt has been staying at home with her mother, father and siblings.
Mother reports that this is overwhelming to her and her other children. Supposedly social services is working on long term placement for this patient.