MOCK INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT.
M1 Assignment 3
This incident happened outside Mr. James home where he was
found smoking cigarette and bhang. In this case we find a young man
aged fifteen who is already addicted to cigarette and bhang in his
early ages. It is true that, this young man was smoking while he
was walking back to his house.
The type of forensic assessment in this case was drug abuse
evaluation. This is true because the young man had been using
cigarette and bhang for quite some time. From the assessment done,
it was not the first time the young man was smoking bhang and
cigarrete. From the tests done, his blood level was above the
normal limit which means that he had been consuming it for a long
time. On our investigation, we realized that it was a family
problem whereby his grandparent, parents, cousins’ brothers and
even his uncles and aunts were consuming these drugs. We also find
that the young man started smoking at the age of fifteen and this
had already affected his education .In school he was so depressed
and he thought that smoking bhang and cigarette will help him
reduce his stress at school. We found that this is enough evidence
of drug abuse evaluation. He also needs to be helped to come out of
this situation. According to this evaluation, it helped in
identifying the weaknesses and realizing why he abuses the drugs.
According to the referral, it will help in the evaluation of
other important needs. For example, we find that the young man was
smoking in order to manage his depression at school. This enabled
us to identify the challenges the young man was undergoing in his
life especially at school.
In this assessment, it helps us in evaluating if the young
man was passing through any problem during smoking consumption of
which it was to reduce stress and depression. In this assessment
the matter is discussed in details and those groups or individuals
involved will come up with a plan to help the client in the problem
solving mechanism and the report produced will assist in
identifying the kind of advice needed to the client.(Gustafson,
Ingvar, et al.)
The young man is transparent to his lawyers by disclosing
some of his life stories and how he ended up in the same situation
of being a drunkard. We realized that in this case there is a
character of openness. The young man was bright, and from this
case, he became medical doctor at his early age. After listening to
his case, were sympathetic. He had been disturbed by depression
which resulted to stress to a point of being a drunkard.
A psychologist used assessments and tests to help in making a
diagnosis of a patient’s mental health condition. The tests carried
out assists in understanding the person’s behavior which may be
causing problems. Also helps people in getting out of life
experiences. From this case the young man is evident that, he turns
to smoking in order to manage stress. (Nilsson, K.)
Most addicts can decide to cheat and are used to do so, so as
to continue with their behavior. In psychology there is a close
understanding of the addicts as they are biased by their addiction.
A psychologist can assess all the levels and all types of problems
facing the addicts. This report will therefore help psychologists
in planning the first guidance.
REFERENCES.
Salvia, John, James E. Ysseldyke, and Sara Bolt. Assessment
in special and inclusive education. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin,
2004.
Gustavsson, Ingvar, et al. “On objectives of instructional
laboratories, individual assessment, and use of collaborative
remote laboratories. “ IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
2.4(2009): 263-274.
Case vignettes
Case 1
Mr. Patrick is fifty four years old from England charged with
a rape case. The police arrested him after they found that he had
raped a six year old girl. He was also found in possession of
stolen money that he had stolen from his neighbor at the time of
arrest. This really surprised him of being arrested and said that
he was accused of this crimes. He initiated a physical examination
with the police and immediately was taken in custody so as to
protect him and the officers from any harm. The officers report
showed that Patrick was not welcoming and that he was irritable
emotional when they approached him. He was unable to speak when the
police tried to engage with him in a conversation because he
thought that the police were trying to kill him. At that time, his
energy level was very high and his heart rate very high too. During
that moment also , he said that to the police that, he knew the
mayor very well and will tell him to prosecute these policemen for
lying that he did all these crimes. The police tried their
best but Patrick refused all these accuses and said he did not do
all these things he was accused of, instead he persisted to talk to
the judge before his case was to be heard. In the cell, he
continued resisting and accusing the police saying that, the police
cheated that he had raped the young girl and that he had stolen the
money from his neighbor and that they only wanted to kill him. He
used to tell those others in cell that, these policemen were conmen
s and they only wanted to see him death. The police were shocked
about this and were in fact trying to contact more information from
Patricks’ wife on his mental health because he was acting uniquely
and yet he committed the crimes. After contacting the wife, the
wife said that, he had not stayed with his husband for a long time.
She said that, she had only stayed with Patrick for only two years
and with this short period; she had never seen him receiving any
mental health treatment. Patrick refused to speak to the police
about his treatment history and his charges together with his
personal history.
Mr. Patrick faces a trial for the crimes he committed because
he denied a plea bargain. He also denied the defense counsel when
it was offered.
Identify the type of forensic assessment that would be
appropriate for this case and explain the rationale for your
decision.
Your choices are:
.Rape case and stealing evaluation
. Competence to stand trial
. Mental health treatment evaluation
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