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allowed to enter industrial or disused premises between 10pm and 7 am.
He has reported that he has a long history police contact since he was
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)
Mr Cordell was assessed under the Mental Health Act at around 10:40hrs
on 03.02.16.
Dr Al-Allaq (independents 12 Doctor),
Dr Albazaz (independent s12 Doctor),
CJ and Nellie (Home Treatment Team workers),
Amal Pomphrey (Community Mental Health Nurse based at Enfield Early
Intervention Team)

