Connie Noyes
MisSteps - ELI
2008
shredded therapeutic files, resin on panel
27 in. x 48 in.
THINGS I WOULD RATHER FORGET IN TRIPLICATE

NAME: ELI
AGE: 8 Y.O
ETHNICITY: CAUCASIAN
PRESENTING PROBLEM: SUICIDAL

AXIS I: MDD
AXISII: DEFERRED
AXIS III: POSSIBLE NUTRITION DEFICIT
AXIS IV: FATHER’S DEATH FROM OVERDOSE, MOTHER COCAINE DEPENDENT, TROUBLE IN SCHOOL
AXIS V: GAF 10/47

BRIEF SYNOPSIS: ELI WAS BROUGHT INTO HOSPITAL AFTER ATTEMPTING TO HANG HIMSELF WITH A ROPE FROM THE SHOWER ROD.

RECOMMENDATION: 72 HOUR HOLD, MEDICAL ASSESSMENT

OBSERVATIONS: THE TEXTURE OF THE ROPE WAS ETCHED INTO HIS THROAT. HE SMILED A LOT.
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