1.4.24 – Nexus YCT doing an intake next week.
Presented to ED after altercation with Mom resulted in property destruction and pushing her. Behavior concerns specifically aggression in home towards mother, siblings; patient is in a level 4 special-education program due to ongoing challenging behavior at school often leading to multiple suspensions, needing higher level of intervention. The police have been called to the home multiple times due to patient’s increasingly violent and aggressive behavior, poor impulse control, low frustration tolerance, agitation and oppositional behavior.
Psychiatric Diagnosis: ADHD
ADHD is a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by persistent patterns of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity that can significantly affect a person’s daily functioning, especially in academic and occupational settings.
C8SM8SP-F13-2687
Patient presented to ED due to concerns of sexual abuse. Patient has extensive history of eloping from home to meet up with adult men she met online and have sex with them. Mom does not feel she can keep her safe at home due to her risky behaviors.
SMCTRF-M10-2621
Significant behavioral issues, Parent takes him on a lease when taking him out of the home. Physically and verbally aggressive to parent(s) and others (peers and staff) throws items, pulls fire alarms. Attempts to elope.
SMCF-F16-2210
Patients a 16yr female with a history of albinism, anxiety and depression, ADHD, unspecified intellectual disability and borderline personality disorder presenting to the ED with complaints of suicidal ideation with plan. Was discharged from PSJ on 11/08/23. Started PHP at PSJ on 10/9/23, became aggressive and had a episode with SI statements and brought to the ED. Extensive inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations over the past year with >4 at Prairie St Johns, and 4 months at Prairie Care Medical Center from 4/18/23 -8/25/23.
MHF-F12-2607
Arrived to ED due to dysregulation at home, which is baseline. Patient’s mother does not feel safe with patient coming home without more intensive outpatient services in place. County not supporting residential at this time, reports need for PHP/day treatment.
MHF-M17-2591
Patient presented to the ED after threatening father and becoming agitated. Father refusing to pick up or allow to discharge to another family member. Patient with SUD concerns and after completing CD assessment, recommended for residential SUD treatment. Referrals being made for this, parents will not pick up until treatment is secured.
MHF-F14-2469
Patient is presenting to the ED for the following concerns: suicidal ideation, depression. Patient reports he tried to kill himself last night by stabbing himself with a dull pencil. Patient reports suicidal and homicidal thoughts that have increased in last two weeks. He has been at North Homes for three months. He was discharged to North Homes after a hospital stay at UMMC in September for SI. At North Homes, the patient escalated and told staff he was suicidal. He took the batteries out of a remote and tried to swallow them. He also tried to stab self with dull pencil. He became combative and needed to be restrained and then kicked staff in chest and tried to kick another staff. Patient then stated he would find each clients personal info and then take pictures of other clients after he killed them and send to parents. Patient told staff he would kill other clients and himself.
Patient reports long history of MH including PTSD, MDD and GAD. Patient has been hospitalized 2 x in past 6 months. Patient reports history of trauma. Patient states he has history of SIB.
CH-F6-2448
Patient was dropped off at a different ER by the parents of her 4th foster home placement where she was placed 3 days prior as the foster parents didn’t feel they could provide care for the patient due to hyperactivity, impulsivity, aggression, elopement, and sexualized behaviors. Her social workers picked her up from the outside ER and while in route to human services center to board until a new foster home was located, the patient was attempting to remove her seatbelt and she was brought to this ER where initially inpatient psychiatric hospitalization was recommended due to a lack of safety awareness, elopement, sexual behaviors, and need for medication assessment. She was trialed on guanfacine, developed hypotension and this was discontinued, and she was started on Concerta where her elopement attempts, impulsivity, and hyperactivity improved. She remains boarding in the ER while the county pursues foster home placement.
CH-M11-1984
Patient presents from PHP where he was discharged due to ongoing aggression and attempts to urinate on staff and floor. Patient currently struggling with family dynamics, limit setting, gender identity, disrobing, property destruction, and aggression.
CH-M13-2506
The patient is a 13 Y year-old male with a history of fetal alcohol syndrome, separation anxiety, ADHD, RAD, sensory processing difficulty, DMDD, conduct disorder, and ODD who presents to the ER on 12/2 via law enforcement for assessment of aggression, suicidal, and homicidal ideation after physically assaulting his adoptive mom and brother and threatening to use a knife or gun to hurt the family when they weren’t looking. The patient made threats to kill himself with a colored pencil. The patient has aggressive outbursts several times per day when he is told no.
The patient has a long history of psychiatric services including residential at Northwoods x3, inpatient hospitalization x1, group home placement, PHP and further outpatient services. The county is currently in the process of developing an individual home for him which is thought to be completed in January though still requires licensing.