Case Study Analysis: Lisa's Mental Health Needs and Trauma Informed Care Principles

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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS (LISA CASE STUDY)
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Introduction
As per the World health Organisation, while providing healthcare interventions to the
patients, holistic health should be the target as cumulative result of improved physical and
mental health determined the wellbeing of every individual. In this aspect, prioritization of
care and collaborative care aspect should be the target of the healthcare professionals (Davis
Boykins, 2014). This paper would discuss about one such clinical case scenario, in which the
patient Lisa was observed closely so that her mental health needs could be identified and
proper intervention could be applied depending on the Trauma Informed Care Principles
(TICP).
Identified issues
Lisa is suffering from mental illness and after being discharged from the local anti-
psychotic healthcare facilities, she visits the local drug advisor Jenny, from last 6 months.
After detailed scrutiny of her clinical case scenario, it was identified that there are three
primary mental health concerns due to which she is suffering from mental adverse conditions.
These situations are: lack of family and peer support that made her suffer from isolation and
loneliness, her improper medication due to which she was unable to overcome her health
complications, and her recurrence of drug abuse, due to which she suffered from adverse
effects of drug abuse. The following sections would describe these aspects in derail.
Chosen issues and connection with TICP principles
In the case situation, Lisa mentioned that she is close to her mother and her mother
used to take care of her medication and hence, she was able to improve her mental health
condition (Auerbach et al., 2016). However, after knowing about her relationship with her
boyfriend, they did not approve of her relationship, due to which she had to leave their house
and move with her boyfriend. This incident affected her tremendously as she lost one of her

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strongest support, which is her mother. This might be reason of her isolation and loneliness
related condition. Further, as per Hassan et al. (2016), for people affected with mental health
conditions, family support or family centered care is a crucial aspect as with proper support
of family patients are empowered with confidence and dignity and hence, they are able to
improve their health condition. Further, as per Fumagalli et al. (2015), lack of empowerment
and support are primary aspects which affects the patients with resulting anxiety, stress and
violent behaviour. Further, these personality traits repel such patients from their targeted
interventions and increases their risk of substance abuse (Derksen et al., 2017). Similar
condition was observed in the clinical situation of Lisa, as due to the lack of support and
empowerment, she become addicted to drug abuse, and developed adverse emotions.
Therefore, as per TICP developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), Lisa lacked empowerment and support due to which, she was
unable to overcome her mental healthcare complications. Further, as per the TICP principle,
in the absence of peer support and empowerment from her family members, she developed
critical mental health conditions (SAMHSA, 2019).
The second issue which was identified from the clinical case scenario is associated to
her relapsed cannabis and speed consumption. As per Oshri et al. (2017), substance abuse in
mentally ill patients leads to adverse health conditions due to which they could develop self-
harm or other severe health conditions. In the case study, it was observed that Lisa had a
history of substance abuse and used to smoke cannabis and speed. However, after the regular
and effective care provided in the presence of her mother and regular medication, she was
able to control her addictive habits. Further, she also reduced her rate of cannabis and speed
usage. Despite the fact, after recovering rejection of her family, she was unable to stick to the
medication and hence, her mental health condition worsened (Tyrer, Reed & Crawford,
2015). Further, it was also seen that excessive substance abuse is associated to hallucinations