1Case Study And Treatment Recommendations
Case Study and Treatment Recommendations
Evonne Moore
Liberty University
NAME: Rosa Lee Cunningham
DOB/AGE: October 7th, 1936—52
DATE OF INTERVIEW: 04- 05-2015
EVALUATOR: Evonne Moore
REASON FOR ASSESSMENT: Rosa Lee Cunningham is a 52 year old African American women with an addiction of heroin. Rosa Lee grew up in poverty. Her mother and father were sharecroppers who had migrated to the city. Rosa Lee had eight children, six boys and two girls. She was 14 years old when she had her first born. While pregnant with her first child, Rosa Lee dropped out of school without having the ability to learn how to read. At the age of 16, Rosa got married. Because Rosa Lee didn’t have a productive role model in life, she set standards of living on her own. She supported her family by selling drugs, waitressing, shoplifting, and working as a prostitute. Due to the stealing and selling of drugs, Rosa spent time in jail. She then taught her children to steal clothes so they would have clothes to wear or other items to sell to purchase food. Postliminary, she would involve her children and grandchildren to sale drugs because she knew that police officers wouldn’t go after children. But what Rosa didn’t think nor expected was to put her children at high risk of getting in trouble or involved with the drug. Eventually, Rosa Lee became addicted to illegal drugs and began to share it with her children. It became so common to her and her children of sharing drugs, that the children started to rely on their mother to support the habit. Due to the case of Substance Abuse with Rosa Lee in her children sharing needles, they also began to share the disease of HIV.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
The information gathered is from the interviewer and the family’s perspectives, other interested parties and records from the police.
PSYCHOSOCIAL HISTORY Rosa Lee has went through many harsh obstacles, yet she is still seen as a human, someone who could have been much more
Evonne Moore
Liberty University
NAME: Rosa Lee Cunningham
DOB/AGE: October 7th, 1936—52
DATE OF INTERVIEW: 04- 05-2015
EVALUATOR: Evonne Moore
REASON FOR ASSESSMENT: Rosa Lee Cunningham is a 52 year old African American women with an addiction of heroin. Rosa Lee grew up in poverty. Her mother and father were sharecroppers who had migrated to the city. Rosa Lee had eight children, six boys and two girls. She was 14 years old when she had her first born. While pregnant with her first child, Rosa Lee dropped out of school without having the ability to learn how to read. At the age of 16, Rosa got married. Because Rosa Lee didn’t have a productive role model in life, she set standards of living on her own. She supported her family by selling drugs, waitressing, shoplifting, and working as a prostitute. Due to the stealing and selling of drugs, Rosa spent time in jail. She then taught her children to steal clothes so they would have clothes to wear or other items to sell to purchase food. Postliminary, she would involve her children and grandchildren to sale drugs because she knew that police officers wouldn’t go after children. But what Rosa didn’t think nor expected was to put her children at high risk of getting in trouble or involved with the drug. Eventually, Rosa Lee became addicted to illegal drugs and began to share it with her children. It became so common to her and her children of sharing drugs, that the children started to rely on their mother to support the habit. Due to the case of Substance Abuse with Rosa Lee in her children sharing needles, they also began to share the disease of HIV.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
The information gathered is from the interviewer and the family’s perspectives, other interested parties and records from the police.
PSYCHOSOCIAL HISTORY Rosa Lee has went through many harsh obstacles, yet she is still seen as a human, someone who could have been much more
References: Dash, Leon. Rosa Lee: A mother and her family in urban America (1996) Basic Books. New York, NY Doweiko, Harold E. Concepts of Chemical Dependency. Eighth Edition (20120 Brooks/ Cole. Belmint, CA