Item Num 4: PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT (FORENSIC) with errors.

Item Num 4:

PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT (FORENSIC) with errors.

Dated: February 5, 2015

Author: Allison Jones

Prepared for Court files C-14-6966 at Barrie and C-14-3928 at Orillia

I.                     DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:

Age: 37

Citizenship: Canadian

Ethnicity/Culture:

Source of Income:

Capacity: Mr. Helmerichs is capable of consenting to treatment, in managing his finances and in the collection and use of his personal health information.

Marital status: Common Law.

Next to Kin: Fan-Xiu Hsiao (common-law wife)

                     Ingrid Helmerichs (mother)

II.                   Confidentiality

This writer met with Mr. Helmerichs for the purposes of completing this Psychosocial Assessment. He was informed that participation in the interview was voluntary. He was further informed of the limits to confidentiality, including that information gathered would be shared with the multidisciplinary team and could be used in the court report. Mr. Helmerichs expressed a desire to have his interview captured in an audio recording however due to the lack of policy around storage and transcription of interviews at this facility Mr. Helmerichs’ request could not be accommodated. Mr. Helmerichs did however agree to participate in this interview through written responses to this writer’s questions on a Word Document. Mr. Helmerichs was provided a copy of his responses to this writer and another copy was placed on his clinical file. Mr. Helmerichs noted on his document that he has posted his responses at www.renehelmerichs3.blogspot.ca

III.                  SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

l          Telephone interview with Ingrid Helmerichs on January 29, 2015.

l          Psychosocial Assessment by Nancy Burns, MSW, RSW from Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences dated October 4, 2013.

l          Crown Brief re: statement by Tamara Williamson, Probation and Parole Officer, date July 31, 2014.

l          Type written psychosocial interview responses from Mr. Helmerichs dated February 2, 2015.

l          Consultation Report by Dr. Anjana Chawla, MD dated September 25, 2012.

l          Arrest Report by D. Henderson dated September 3, 2012.

l          General Occurrence Report by S. Gillies of the Barrie Police Service dated December 8, 2014.

l          Discharge Summary by by Dr. K. DeFreitas, MD, FRCPC dated October 8, 2013.

l          Central North Correctional Centre; Form 1 signed December 5, 2013; January 21 & 31; February 6, 20 & 26; March 13 & 27; May 1; June 10, 26 & 30 (all 2014).

l          Inpatient Facesheet from Waypoint Centre by Dr. J. Van Impe dated July 1, 2014

l          Admission Record and Discharge Summary by Dr. R. Shahid, MD, FRCPC dated July 2, 2014.

l          Consultation Note from Dr. L. Ali, MD, MRCPC, DPM, FRCPC dated September 4, 2012.

IV.               CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO ADMISSION:

1.      Mr. Helmerichs was admitted to this facility for a period of 30 days pursuant to a Form 48 Assessment Order of the Court dated December 29, 2014 and signed by Justice W. G. Beatty, to determine whether he suffered from a mental disorder so as to exempt him from criminal responsibility by virtue of section 16(1) of the Criminal Code on the charge of Breach Probation.

2.      While at this facility Mr. Helmerichs attended court and a second Form 48 Assessment Order of the Court was made on January 19, 2015 signed by Justice C. Mathias-McDonald for a period of 30 days to determine if he suffered from a mental disorder so as to exempt him from criminal responsibility by virtue of section 16(1) of the Criminal Code on the charges Criminal Harassment, Section 264(2)(b), Fail to Comply Probation, Section 733.1(1) CCC and Fail to Comply Undertaking, Section 145(3) CCC.

V.                 INDEX OFFENCE:

1.      Breach of Probation

Mr. Helmerichs is accused of failing to comply with his probation order to not associate, contact or hold any communication directly or indirectly with [Natalie Yewchyn]. According to the statement by Tamara Williamson, Mr. Helmerichs presented at her office on July 9, 2014 for a scheduled appointment and voluntarily presented her with a document which he requested she photocopy and place on file. Ms. Williamson stated that Mr. Helmerichs informed her that the document was 28 pages of his recent blog posts at www.renehelmerichs3.blogspot.ca. Ms. Williamson noted that Mr. Helmerichs had mentioned the name of the individual with whom he is to have no contact 5 times in the document, contrary to his probation orders.

2.      Criminal Harassment

Mr. Helmerichs is accused of becoming infatuated with a member of the Community Christ Congregation whom he met while attending the church. Mr. Helmerichs is accused of leaving flowers and a book at the residence of the victim (she had not given her address to him) and this made her fearful. Mr. Helmerichs continued to phone and contact the victim through email despite being told that she did not wish for him to contact her. The content of emails included:

Jan. 8 SHALL BE THE DAY RENE HELMERICHS DOES UNDER+STAND THE BOOK OF LIFE happily titled the Choice Amidst The Argument In The Business Of Being Happy: A Course In Miracles And Ode To My Love Born On Christmas 4-butt 111 of The Following:

I.                     [Natalie Yewchyn] shall be worldwide known as The Central Focus For the Antichrist Satan To Use As Channel:

II.                   [Natalie Yewchyn] shall have indemnified The Criminal Justice System Of the Whole Of Canada to be fraudulent; and,

III.                  [Natalie Yewchyn] shall have decided upon Her Choice between a life of purgatory in the publicly fund[d] prison system as Political Canada begins to attempt to make public amends following The Play Of All Time OR a life of purgatory with regular cock-sucking for any dick Rene chooses, WHEN He (H imp=lies [Natalie Yewchyn] & Rene can continue to argue about their relative constructs for greatest-of-all “He” so long as [Natalie Yewchyn] can bear) chooses, with free physical services offered the father (miniscule denotes specifically the physical-temporal vehicle for {} projection) of any of her (corpus Born On Christmas) children whenever He (again, She can argue with any of Her sperm donors over this, so long as she can bear) chooses Or spend quite the lengthy time in jail for accompanying charges solidly presented all throughout all writings having been thought so strange at first now REAL-ized to be a worstcase/bestcase scenario only possibly in a place called HELL.

3.      Breach of Undertaking

Mr. Helmerichs is accused of failing to abstain from communicating or associating directly or indirectly with [Natalie Yewchyn] contrary to the conditions of his undertaking entered into before Justice of the Peace C. Smythe on July 22, 2014.

VI.               SELF REPORT:

As stated on page 19 and 20 in Mr. Helmerichs’ written response to the question “Please give your account of the index offence.”:

“There was no criminal offence. A criminal offence constitutes, at a minimum, intent for harm to any part of self, self as inclusive of the greater self-concept for self as a member in, for, of, and the society as one whole. Loss of employment cannot be included in the definition of harm for there to remain hope of ever-bettering to society, ever-increase to the ability of self within society, and ever-increase to self as employed individual. Since there was at no point intent for harm and continual offer of partnership extended to all parties before any affected party experienced defame to their special self-concept, The Golden Rule at the core of the spirit of the law established as the supreme law for Canada via Constitution subsection 52(1) same-applied has at all times been continually adhered.

The administration of justice for Ontario is, with the larger context of any alleged index offence against Rene Helmerichs, revealed to have irreparably screwed Up, so to speak, in a way not reparable except with New Goal Day beginning to acknowledge Mr. Helmerichs AS The Bridegroom TO The Province Of Ontario. The right of personal religion ensure each can live in false pretense of whatever special local workplace policy any may momentarily desire without also personally respecting The Golden Rule until Transparency (“the wholey ghost”) requires accountability for inaction of the intrinsic personal-social responsibility, that is, Self-awakening always without real harm.”

VII.              COLLATERAL INFORMATION:

Mrs. Helmerichs reported that prior to his index offence her son worked afternoon shift at Georgian College and she saw very little of him. Mr. Helmerichs would come home after work and write his book late into the night and would often bring his son to school late for kindergarten as he had overslept. It was around this time that Mrs. Helmerichs believes her son was writing the emails to the victim when he awake all night.

VIII.            SOCIAL SITUATION:

Mr. Helmerichs was living with his mother in Barrie at the time of his arrest in September 2012. Prior to his admission to this facility Mr. Helmerichs had an apartment in Orillia, Ontario.

IX.               FAMILY:

Mr. Helmerichs was born to Ingrid and Rolf Helmerichs in Germany and moved to Canada with his family when he was four and a half years old. His sister, Sylvia, is three years younger and lives in Orillia. Mr. Helmerichs reportedly had a close relationship with his sister prior to his hospitalization.

The family initially settled in Scarborough and then moved to Barrie.

X.                 CHILDHOOD:

Mrs. Helmerichs reported that Mr. Helmerichs was a good child and that he was very helpful with chores and shoveling snow; he had friends with whom he played outside. Mr. Helmerichs was reported to have adjusted to the move to Canada from Germany with some difficulty which he quickly overcome. Mr. Helmerichs’ parents divorced when he was 14 years old.

XI.               EDUCATION:

Mr. Helmerichs was reportedly very good in school and he “fast tracked” through high school. Mrs. Helmerichs noted that Mr. Helmerichs had no problems during school.

After graduating high school, Mr. Helmerichs attended university for 1 ½ years before he dropped the program. Mr. Helmerichs then attended Seneca College and obtained his pilot’s license. Mr. Helmerichs had planned to work toward his commercial license but abandoned his plan after some time. Mr. Helmerichs then worked toward getting his truck driving license.

Mr. Helmerichs reportedly completed a Masters of Education at the University of Wisconsin in 2002; he reportedly applied for a PhD program in Calgary but was not successful in being accepted.

XII.              EMPLOYMENT:

Mr. Helmerichs worked in Taiwan teaching English as a second language. He also worked at Georgian College teaching Communications.

XIII.            RELATIONSHIP HISTORY:

Mr. Helmerichs was married to Brigitta (1999), the couple separated in 2002 and divorced in 2005. He had a common law relationship with Christina from which he had his son Sunjay while the couple lived in Taiwan. Christina came back to Canada with Mr. Helmerichs for approximately one year before moving back to Taiwan; she has limited contact with the couple’s child. Mr. Helmerichs is currently in what he refers to as a common law relationship with Fan-Xiu Hsiao (Lindsay) who resides in Taiwan.

Mr. Helmerichs mother, Ingrid, has full custody of Sunjay which she obtained following Mr. Helmerichs initial arrest and hospitalizations.

XIV.          ADULT LIFESTYLE:

After he left school, Mr. Helmerichs was married and moved to Wisconsin, Mrs. Helmerichs queries that is when he became involved with the Mormon religion. After leaving Wisconsin Mr. Helmerichs came home again for a short time before he moved to Calgary. Next Mr. Helmerichs moved to Taiwan where he taught English.

Following his move back to Canada, Mr. Helmerichs and his son resided with his mother for approximately four years.

XV.           SUBSTANCE USE & ADDICTIONS:

Mrs. Helmerichs reported that she thought Mr. Helmerichs was using substances while living in Taiwan because when he returned “everything was different”.

Mr. Helmerichs is reported to have consumed on average of 15 bottles of wine and three cases of beer per month following his discharge from Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in 2012. Mr. Helmerichs reportedly used marijuana in his early years and endorsed resuming using it when he was 35 stating he used on average of .8grams up to three times weekly.

XVI.          MEDICAL HISTORY:

Mr. Helmerichs is reported to be in good health.

XVII.        PREVIOUS PSYCHIATRIC AND/OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT:

1.      Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, Barrie, ON. September 3/12 – October 30/12

(a)   Mr. Helmerichs was brought to the hospital by police as he was demonstrating “inappropriate and bizarre behaviour”. Mr. Helmerichs was noted to be demonstrating symptoms of mania and lacking insight into the fact that his behaviour was abnormal. Mr. Helmerichs had become “obsessed” with a lady and he began to pursue her for approximately one year prior to his initial charges which resulted when Mr. Helmerichs approached police with a bag of marijuana asking to be arrested. Police asked why he wanted to be arrested and Mr. Helmerichs allegedly replied that “being arrested was the final part of his plan before he could claim his kingdom. He needed to be arrested to become the king of Canada and the world and that he would not be able to unite all churches until he was arrested.”

(b)   Symptomology included delusions of grandiosity and persecution. Dr. Chawla was unsure if Mr. Helemrichs was experiencing thought insertion, withdrawal or broadcast. Mr. Helmerichs reportedly described seeing “a column of light” in 2006 but he denied hallucinations. Mr. Helmerichs had reportedly stated to his sister that he was God and that his son was Jesus. During his admission to hospital Mr. Helmerichs threatened to “impregnate” a young lady on the unit.

(c)   Mr. Helmerichs was made incapable of consenting to treatment and he was treated with Risperidone Consta with some effect noted such as settling of his mania and his psychosis. He continued to lack insight upon his discharge from hospital and once he returned home he did not continue with his treatment. Mr. Helmericsh’ mother stated that by February Mr. Helmerichs was having difficulty once again, he was presenting as irritable.

(d)   Upon discharge Mr. Helmerichs was reported to be euthymic with reactive and appropriate affect; his speech rate was normal rate, rhythm and volume and he was noted to have a slightly improved insight into his illness.

(e)   Discharge diagnosis: “Most likely schizoaffective disorder, substance abuse, rule out schizoid personality disorder.”

2.      Central North Correctional Centre (CNCC), Penetanguishene, ON. Incarcerated 16 months

(a)   Mr. Helmerichs was assessed by Dr. J. Van Impe under a Form 8. Dr. Van Impe felt that Mr. Helmerichs met criteria for psychotic disorder not otherwise specified and cannabis abuse. He also felt that Mr. Helmerichs harboured erotomanic delusions about the [victim] and believed he could communicate with her in her dreams. Dr. Van Impe felt that differential diagnosis may be schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, and delusional disorder.

(b)   This writer reviewed information sent by Central North Correctional Centre and noted that Mr. Helmerichs had been placed on a Form 1, Application by Physician for Psychiatric Assessment, on 12 occasions between December 5, 2013 and June 26, 2014. On the Inpatient Facesheet from Waypoint during Mr. Helmerichs’ admission for assessment in July 2014 Dr. Van Impe stated that Dr. Lorberg had sent Mr. Helmerichs to court on Form 1s in an attempt to engage Mr. Helmerichs is formal psychiatric assessment and treatment.

3.      Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Whitby, ON. August 26, 2013 – October 2, 2013

(a)   Mr. Helmerichs was admitted to the Forensic Assessment Unit for an assessment of fitness to stand trial. On admission he was noted to be cooperative and attentive. The admitting psychiatrist noted his affect was “elated and labile, his thought processes were circumstantial, and he demonstrated on inflated sense of self worth.” Dr. DeFreitas met with Mr. Helmerichs on August 28, 2013 and noted him to be “irritable and confrontational” he initially attempted to control what was placed on the chart by the doctor asking her to read what she had written or telling her what to write; Dr. DeFreitas told Mr. Helmerichs that she could not comply and she noted he settled.

(b)   Mr. Helmerichs was assessed by Dr. Sutton on September 4, 2013 and was noted to have spent the previous night writing in his room. Further Dr. Sutton noted Mr. Helmerichs to be “expansive and grandiose stating he was difficult to follow and would answer the simplest of questions with extensive tangents with no relation to the original question.” Mr. Helmerichs “made reference to communicating with people’s dreams without speaking” and he expressed beliefs he could make objects float. Mr. Helmerichs endorsed persecutory delusions and lacked insight into his difficulties. Dr. Sutton felt that Mr. Helmerichs’ symptoms aligned with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder with psychotic features. In later assessments Mr. Helmerichs stated he was “giving Dr. Sutton the run around” intentionally waste his time. He did endorse wanting to be the King of Canada believing he could gain this title with public support through his online blog.

(c)   Final diagnosis: Axis I: Bipolar disorder; possible cannabis abuse; possible alcohol abuse. Axis V: GAF 40

4.      Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, ON. July 1, 2014 – July 2, 2014

(a)   Mr. Helmerichs was admitted to the Acute Assessment Program following a 16 month incarceration at Central North Correctional Centre due to ongoing mental health concerns. Mr. Helmerichs was discharged from CNCC directly to the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie on a Form 1 and was subsequently admitted to Waypoint under the Mental Health Act. Dr. Shahid was the attending Psychiatrist.

(b)   Diagnosis: Axis I: History of Psychosis NOS; Either questionable Bipolar disorder with Psychotic Features or a Delusional Disorder; History of Marijuana Abuse – Not now. Axis II: Deferred. Axis III: None. Axis IV: Primary support and social stresses; Possibly financial stresses; Legal problems; GAF 51-60.

XVIII.       CRIMINAL HISTORY:

At the time of this assessment this facility had yet to receive a CPIC information sheet from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, however, Mr. Helmerichs charges include: criminal harassment, breach of probation, failure to comply with undertaking.

XIX.          SOCIAL WORK FORMULATION/ RECOMMENDATIONS:

1.      The content of this psychosocial assessment has been gathered from collateral sources as Mr. Helmerichs would not meet with this writer to discuss his history without the conversation being audio recorded. Mr. Helmerichs did agree to respond to psychosocial questions via written documents thus this writer provided the questions in a Word document for Mr. Helmerichs to fill out using the unit computer. Mr. Helmerichs provided a 37 page document; the answers to questions asked were extensive and often unrelated to the question. Simple demographic information such as “place of birth” resulted in a two paragraph answer that did not result in the appropriate answer. A copy of Mr. Helmerichs’ responses was placed on file.

2.      During his admission at this facility Mr. Helmerichs spent much of his time on the unit computer working on his legal matters and writing various letters to his attending psychiatrist and various other hospital staff i.e. dietary, to address his needs. He attended recreation programs when he could. Mr. Helmerichs managed to access restricted sites (email) online using the unit computer despite the safeguards that were in place. After the information Technology department increased the security this writer believes he did so again on February 1 or 2^nd as his document that included his responses to the psychosocial assessment were posted online and the time stamp on the website was marked before this writer got to work on Monday February 2, 2015. This writer queries Mr. Helmerichs may have emailed the document to his “wife” in Taiwan on Sunday and that she posted the document early Monday morning our time.

3.      Mr. Helmerichs had one visit from his mother and his son on Friday January 30, 2015. Mrs. Helmerichs requested that the visit be supervised as she was concerned about what her son may say to her or how he would be with his son. Mrs. Helmerichs described her son’s behaviour historically as unpredictable and verbally aggressive if he feels that things are not going his way.

XX.           SIGNED: Allison Jones, MSW, RSW    Date: February 5, 2015

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