Brought to ED after altercation with mom (family adopted patient after years of fostering). Patient went after mom with a knife, patient reports conflicting stories about incident and what she remembers happened. Had been in residential over a year ago. Was recently suspended from school for 10 days after getting into a fight with another student. Unclear if there have been any other incidents of this nature with mom or family, however, mom is not feeling safe if patient were to return home. CPS is involved, Nexus is now involved, but no placement options on horizon at this time.
Recommended Service: Mental Health Residential Treatment
Mental Health Residential Treatment offers specialized care for individuals with severe mental health issues in a residential setting, focusing on mental health treatment and support.
CH-M18-1987
Patient presents with SI and HI and auditory hallucinations. Attempted to wrap blanket around his neck in the ER on 10/28/23 in an attempt to end his life. Hears voices telling him to hurt others. Intellectual disability (FSIQ 67)
PH-F15-1621
Updated 10/23/23: DC home to in home therapy through CIBS. Still no county funding for QRTP
Updated 10/19/23: Still no county funding for QRTP. Discharge home 10/23 or 10/24 with in home therapy through CIBS.
Update 10/12/23: Still no county funding. Likely moving forward with CIBS at Gerard, will likely discharge next week home.
Update 10/5/23: Gerard admission pending 10/11 now. County funding remains pending. Pt declined from CD RTC noting Mental Health long term RTC.
Update: 9/7/2/3 Gerard admission tentative 9/20, pending county funding.
Update: 8/31/23 Approved for Gerard admission week of 9/18, pending county funding. Also accepted at NorthHomes, 3-6 month waitlist.
SI since the 4th grade, history of trauma, living in cars/shelters, history of CD use.
Discharge Plan:
Primary DC recommendation is RTC*:
Gerard (accepted; pt is next on list for placement; openings week of September 18th)
North Homes (accepted; 3-6m waitlist)
CRTC (referral placed; admissions paused due to staffing)
Avanti (referral not placed; facility not accepting referrals)
*QRTP/RTC County Funding needed as pt has a UCARE PMAP Plan:
Dakota County CMHCM: Referral Placed
-Mother lives in Dakota County and father lives in Rice County (pt will reside with mother following hospitalization, mother provided consents)
-Le Suer County and Scott County CMHCM previously referred to: Cancelled Referral due to Family Moving
MCR-14-1888
a history of diagnoses of PTSD, reactive attachment disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, ADHD and substance use disorder. Her social and developmental history is notable for significant early life trauma related to parental substance use, including at least one episode of Lily herself ingesting methamphetamine as an infant. She was removed from mother’s care at age 10 months and father’s care at age 5 years, and was adopted by maternal grandparents at age 7. She has had essentially lifelong difficulties with dysregulated behavior. She has been at Mayo Clinic since 9/6/2023 following an altercation at the home where she was staying. She was previously residing with a family friend, but is unable to return due to safety concerns by all adults involved, including Olmsted County who assessed this not to be a safe discharge location. Her legal decision maker is her maternal grandmother who has previously adopted her.
MHF-M12-1891
Patient presents to the ED via EMS, via police. Patient had altercation with brother, and pulled out a knife, threatening to kill his brother and grandpa. Patient has been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, bipolar and receives level 4 services in an intensive special education school. Grandpa has custody, as well as his parents, but state they cannot keep patient safe, as they live in a dangerous neighborhood.
Patient spent several months at RTC at BarNone and Gerard Academy, and returned to live with grandpa this summer. Patient has also done Peoples Inc. day treatment program, and PHP at Prairie Care three times.
Patient has placement at Northwoods in Duluth, and is waiting for an open bed.
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.
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.
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.
HCMCH-F15-1627
15 y.o. female with history of childhood sexual abuse and more recent sexual exploitation in 2023 with concern for victim of sex trafficking. Presents with suicidal ideation, self-harm behaviors including substance abuse. During this admission drug screen positive for fentanyl and methamphetamine. Patient transferred from HCMC to Sacred Hearth Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit 8/23/23; long term recommendation is residential care. Substance use and placing self in high risk social situations occurs in the context of her trauma history.
MHF-M16-1654
UPDATE : Transferred to BAr None shelter 9/13/23
UPDATE 9.7.23 – working with Nexus FACTS for Placement Coordination Services. New Diagnostic Assessment 9/7.
Patient presents to the Emergency Department from a residential treatment facility, following attempted self-harm and suicidal ideation, with a plan to slit his throat with a screw. Staff monitored and stopped the patient from harming himself. The patient experienced intense emotions as he thought about the trauma he experienced at the hands of his father.
Patient was seen in the ED on 8/14/2023 with a similar presentation. Medical records indicate a hx of physical and sexual abuse, conflicts with his father, patient had pulled a knife on this father, and hx of substance abuse. Patient denies current substance use, and has 60 days of sobriety.
8/24- Patient was discharged from residential facility