Phillip came from a deprived and dysfunctional family, where physical and sexual abuse was a secret Phillip suffered alone. Phillip found himself increasingly isolated from his peers and school became set of stressors to suffer. As a reaction to these combined difficulties, he began to exhibit violent and aggressive behaviour.
After being expelled from numerous schools and truancy being the coping mechanisms, Phillip was admitted to a mental health hospital where, aged just 15, he was diagnosed with schizoid personality, phobias and low IQ. Between the ages of 15 and 19, he was admitted to hospital 9 times. Despite receiving treatment, Phillip made little progress. His violent and aggressive episodes continued to escalate, and began to include sexual and physical assault and self-inflicted injury.
In 2009, in his late 30's, Phillip was admitted to Doulton Lodge. Although he had spent most of his twenties and thirties in prison and a series of other hospitals, his behaviour had been managed but Phillip never received the treatment package which could move him forward. The MDT team assessed Phillip, and swiftly developed a treatment programme of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies and psychiatric counseling. With the correct medication regime, Phillip started to respond and develop into the person he is today. Phillip learnt to read and write, and has become a published writer of poetry. Phillip has now built positive healthy relationships with his sister; Phillip is now working towards moving into domiciliary care with the support of his new found family.
