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juvenile. His contact with the police mostly related to theft and
driving offences.
He lives in a one-bedroom council flat and is in receipt of
Employment Support.
Psychiatric History: Mr Cordell tried to hang himself at the
age of 16 when in a young offender’s institution and needed to
be resuscitated. He was moved to a secure hospital and kept in
seclusion on a number of occasions. He has reported that he
was regularly by a psychiatrist called Dr Caplin from CAMHS
"the safe project". Mr Cordell reports there was a second
occasion where he tried to hang himself when in a cell after he
was sentenced. He attended the Accident and Emergency
Department at the North Middlesex Hospital after drinking
liquid nitrous oxide with an intent to die.
03 October 2009
35,
hallucinating after taking LSD. He was not followed up by
mental health services.
He was assessed by Dr Jarvis from the Enfield triage team
on 11.03.14 due concerns about suicidal thoughts and anxiety.
He was prescribed Sertraline anti-depressant. He was stressed
about a pending court case as he was accused of burglary. He
described experiencing poor sleep and weight loss.
On 19.11.14 Mr Cordell’s mother phoned the hub (triage team)
and reported that he was paranoid towards her and towards the
police. In response the home treatment visited the same day.
When home treatment workers arrived the same day, the police
were present and reported that Mr Cordell had been screaming
in distress. The police said that they had found Mr Cordell
using a gas canister and thought that he was using nitrous
oxide. He was referred for a Mental Health Act assessment.
On 21.11.14 the duty AMHP made contact with Mr Cordell’s
mother and father. The duty AMHP was told that Mr Cordell
was subject to an anti-social behaviour order and that he is on
the police at risk register for suicide. The duty AMHP advised
that he broke up with his girlfriend and grandmother died. He
had stopped taking his medication for chromes disease four
weeks and had been admitted to the North Middlesex Hospital.
Mr Cordell was assessed under the MHA act on 24.11.15 but he
was not detained.
3. Record of interview with patient (Include where it was
conducted who was present and use of police if required during
process)