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He denies thoughts or plans to hurt others. He has clearly documented history of aggressive
behaviour and currently elated.
From others - high, as he can be aggressive towards others, he is at risk of retaliation from
others.
Risk of physical and verbal aggression towards others noted. This in turn, increases risk of
others retaliating, therefore harm towards Mr Cordell.
Past psychiatric history:
Mr Cordell reportedly had disrupted childhood spending some adolescence in care. He was
under CAMHS due to anxiety as a teenager.
Mr Cordell tried to hang himself at the age of 16 when in a young offender’s institution; he
says he lost consciousness and needed to be resuscitated. He was moved to a high security
hospital and kept in seclusion on a number of occasions, but he says he would destroy the
padded cell with his teeth. He says he was seen regularly by a psychiatrist called Dr Caplin
from "the safe project".
Mr Cordell says there was a second occasion where he tried to hang himself when in a cell
after he was sentenced.
Mr Cordell denies any contact with Mental Health Services between that point and 2014.
In March 2014 - He was diagnosed with Adjustment reaction “anxiety and suicidal thoughts
over the last nine months in the context of having a pending court case (accused of
burglary). He was offered Sertraline 50mg OD.
In November 2014 - Mr Cordell was under Home Treatment Team. He was diagnosed with
Psychotic episode - not deemed sanctionable under MHA. Following this episode he
disengaged with mental health service.
In November 2015 - He was referred via BEH HUB to mental health services. At that time Mr
Cordell was not eating, not sleeping, he was paranoid saying people were talking about him
or laughing at him, believed the government was advertising things about him, the TV was
talking about him and talking directly to him. He was smoking cannabis at that time. He was
again found non sanctionable under MHA and disengaged with the service.
In February 2016 it was applied for Warrant 135 (1) - but not sufficient evidence was
presented to the judge for a warrant.
In August 2016, he was admitted under Section 2 of the MHA following custody at Wood
Green station for threats to kill - section 2 reversed on appeal. He was discharged on
Olanzapine 5mg and followed up by EIS. It was reported poor compliance with medication
on discharge. Consequently he was discharged from EIS due to disengagement.
Simon-Report-06-11-2018.pdf
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Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey
Mental Health ISIHS Trust
NHS
Past medical history:
Simon said he had Crohn's disease as a child. He denied any other physical health problems.
Current medications
Nil.
Personal/family history- information taken from previous assessments/reports
Mr Cordell was born at Chase Farm Hospital. He has a younger brother and sister. Mr
Cordell says he knows his maternal grandmother attempted suicide on a number of
occasions and had had admissions to mental hospital. Mr Cordell's father worked as a union

