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Assignment:
Teresa is 32-year-old woman in your practice who frequently misses her appointments, and at other times shows up without an appointment, often in crisis. She currently uses alcohol and tobacco and has started to use street drugs.
As you have developed a therapeutic relationship with Teresa, you learned that she grew up in a household with a violent father who frequently assaulted her mother, her siblings and herself. Although now estranged from her father, the impact of his violence presents itself on a daily basis as Teresa struggles to cope with the trauma she experienced.
Teresa left school early, has few marketable skills and has never been able to hold a job for more than three months. Teresa receives $606 per month from Ontario Works and has no money left for food or other essentials at the end of the month. She is currently in a relationship with a man who you suspect may be violent.
Case is from RNAO Mental Health and Addiction Resource (2017) Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario. (2017). RNAO Nurse Educator Mental Health and
Addiction Resource. Toronto, ON: Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario.
What are your next steps with Teresa? How do you go about providing trauma-informed care?
Is a crisis intervention required? If yes, why? If no, why?
What are some other interventions you could take to improve Teresa's health in this situation?
Potential discussion topics:
- Mental illness
- Trauma informed care
- Crisis intervention
- Social determinants of health
Summarize your answer with maximum six hundred words.