Willie Mangum Case – Well-being
Symptoms
- Let’s start with a general question; How are you doing these days?
- Compared to other people living on the streets are you more or less bothered by it?
- But do you ever feel sad about your life, you know, down in the dumps?
- “Dumb suckers?”
- Do you ever get anxious, scared about anything?
- How IS your appetite these days? And are you getting enough to eat?
- What effect does your eating habits have on your bowels?
- How do you sleep when on the streets?
- Willie, let’s think for a minute about your mind. How’s it working these days?
- Are you ever concerned about how well your mind is working?
- Do you ever think you hear or see things when nothing is there?
- Have you ever gotten down bad enough to think about killing yourself?
- Ever gotten mad enough to want to kill someone?
- Final question here. Is there anything you’d want to change about your life?
Substances
- Opening Statement
- Help me understand how you got started drinking.
- Interesting. So how did you first get alcohol to drink?
- Would you drink enough to get drunk?
- How old were you then?
- Did you drink during the day?
- When did your drinking get to be a problem?
- So could you control your drinking?
- You mentioned having DTs at some point?
- So, your drinking was a problem when you were in the service?
- How about these days? How much to do you drink?
- So you smoke?
- How about other drugs? Marijuana, pills, harder drugs?
- Do you take any regular prescription drugs?
- How about coffee?
- How about acid or heroin?
- Ever experimented with Meth?
Psychological Treatment
- Opening Statement
- How much contact have you had with therapists?
- Did the therapy help you control your drinking?
- So you had some psychotherapy in prison?
- Was the therapy helpful?
- Do you know if they ever gave you a diagnosis?
- Were you ever hospitalized, in a psychiatric hospital?
- When do you think was the last time you were hospitalized?
Physical Health
- Opening Statement
- How is your health these days?
- Anything serious that you know of?
- How long ago was that?
- Are you bothered by colds or sore throats?
- You mentioned problems with a stomach ulcer?
- Problems with hemorrhoids?
- So you had a colonoscopy?
- Anybody in your family have a history of heart problems?
- How about cancer?
- Anything else you want to tell me about your health, physical or mental?