Log 1

From:

Chelsea Wood

Patient #015824: Nevaeh Wilson

Mental Institution of Los Angeles

February 14th, 2007

11:28 a.m

Hello Sir/Ma'am,

The patient, Nevaeh Wilson, has come into care recently. She was put into care on January 21st of this year. The patient immediately showcased signs of anxiety, depression and little indicators of PTSD.

The patient proved very fragile. Certain words, movements and/or physical contact with patient often sent the patient into an unhealthy spiral of isolation, mild aggression, hostility and refusal to eat. The patient was unable to co-operate with staff on most days, and disliked the system at hand.

After being thoroughly examined over the month, a diagnosis for clinical depression, anxiety and mild PTSD was confirmed. Therapy was started.

The patient struggled to become friendly with the therapist, Mr Jefferson. The patient was hesitate to open up and trust. The patient's health became worse over the next two weeks before a sense of calm enabled the patient to allow herself to communicate with Mr Jefferson.

Heavy therapy continued for another three months with four sessions a week, although the patient was still unable to speak freely with Mr Jefferson. Until the patient experienced another downfall and was sent spiralling back to base one again.

Patient experienced isolation, refusal to eat, thoughts of suicide, panic and anxiety attacks, headaches, and nausea. Nurses were often unable to calm patient down and found her frequently requesting the presence of her older brother, who went missing in December of 2006 after they were both deemed to the foster care system.

It is now February and the patient is showing little signs of improvement. We are not sure how long it will be before another downfall occurs, and/or how bad it will be. Mr Jefferson has continued to prescribe light medications and patient is willing in taking them. Therapy sessions have increased to five sessions a week, with constant supervision.

The patient's time here is being increased to six months from two. Although, we expect that it will take longer, we are hoping it will not.

Kindest Regards,

Chelsea Wood