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Overton Brooks Case Analysis: Private Dismissed

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Case Analysis: Private, Dismissed
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This case takes place at the Overton Brooks VA hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana. Overton Brooks recently underwent major reconstructing to create the Behavioral Medicine Programs to handle inpatient and outpatient mental health services. Patty Cohen, one of the social workers hired during the restructuring of the VA's Behavioral Medicine Program worked in the outpatient mental health clinic. Patty, diagnosed with lupus, holds her clinical licensure in both Louisiana and Texas and has experience in medical social work, hospice, home-based mental health, inpatient psych, and corrections. Sharease Jackson, who has been hospitalized numerous times since first coming to the VA in 2009 is a patient of Patty's. Sharease is a 19-year-old African American veteran who joined the army at seventeen and was discharged at the age of nineteen due to instability and suicidal attempts. After being hospitalized five times, Sharease reaches out to Patty stating it is an emergency and needed to meet now. Sharease tells Patty good-bye and makes statements such as "It's like I'm already dead." Patty assesses Sharease finding that she is enough of a risk for suicide and admits her to inpatient treatment. This time seems different than the rest where Sharease shows no emotion, no yelling and screaming about …show more content…
Having Sharease stay longer allows for Patty to monitor her behaviors and request further testing. This allows for Patty to act on behalf of Sharease if she determines that she is not capable of making an informed decision. Patty is able to take reasonable steps to make sure that Sharease is safe and reaches a point of stabilization. A disadvantage of the strategy is that Sharease may refuse Patty's suggestion to speak on her behalf and may still decide to still

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