Understanding Adolescent Mental Health: Case Scenario and Interview Analysis

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Name of the Student
Name of the university
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Assessment task 1
Case scenario
Ron is a 15 years old boy, who has been brought to the mental health department, owing
to his recent suicidal ideation. As reported by his parents Ron had started to steal money from
their bags, in spite of getting enough pocket monies from his parents. Ron does not admit that he
intakes cannabis. However, as reported by his parents, Ron has been in his room for two days.
After two days, when Ron’s mother was about to enter his room, she found him sitting on the
edge of the bed with a sharp knife.
Interview
Before the conduction of an interview involving a psychiatric patient. Hence, as I entered
room I greeted Ron and asked him to sit comfortably.
Interview questions:-
Nurse: Hello Ron! Hope you are doing well. Do you mind, if we have a brief conversation?
Patient: Patient does not responds (he is staring at the ceiling)
Nurse: I heard you like playing video games, but I heard from your mother, that you have not
been playing that since past 5 days. Don’t you feel like going to school?
Patient: No, I hate studies, but I like going to school.
Nurse: Do you feel stressed out with the studies or you brother, since I have heard, you have a
close bonding with your sibling and often feel distressed and sad for him.

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Patient: Yea. I love my brother. I don’t like my fathers. They had been quarrelling day and night.
Nurse: So do you take cannabis in order to get relief for stress, or have you watched it from your
friends:
Patient: Uncomfortable and restless, had been avoiding eye contact.
Nurse: Its’ alright. How long had you been taking these drugs?
Patient: I used to take them, but I had stopped taking them since past 5 days. I feel anxious and
depressed, my exams are drawing near and I cannot study properly. I feel better when I am on
the cannabis. Otherwise I feel nothing is going to be right and that I feel like a useless person.
Nurse: do you experience any physical problems:
Patient: Yes I was having abdominal cramps yesterday.
Nurse: Well, I had done with the questions. Do you have anything to ask?
Patient: does not answer.
Interview analysis
Levett Jones clinical reasoning cycle
Considering the patient situation
Ron is a 15 years old adolescent boy, who had been brought to the emergency department
due to his recent weird and self-destructive activities. Ron is poorly groomed, his hairs are
disarranged, avoids eye contact, eyes were red, restless throughout session.