Red Arrow, Not Arsenal
REPORT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Confidential Material
NAME: Roy Harper
ALIAS: Red Arrow
DATE OF BIRTH: 1993 exact date unknown
AGE: 10 (25 physiologically)
MENTOR: Oliver Queen (formerly)
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Jade West
DATES OF ASSESSMENT: 3/16/16, 3/18/16
DATE OF REPORT: 3/21/16
IDENTIFYING DATA AND REASON FOR REFERRAL:
Roy Harper (referred to as Red Arrow) is a 25 year old Caucasian male, who was Created by the Light. He was brainwashed into infiltrating the Justice League, and help The Light conquer Earth. After his task was accomplished, he regained full control of his faculties. Since then he has displayed many unhealthy coping habits including leaving his teammates unexpectedly, becoming uncoordinated in battle, and shows no interest in protecting himself. Roy only showed interest in change last year, upon realizing he fathered a child. Recently, he has reapplied for Justice League team membership, which will be based on this psychological assessment.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Background information was obtained from his mentor, Oliver Queen, his best friends, Dick Grayson and Wally West, various members of the Justice League, and numerous psychological, educational and medical reports. This information was obtained from interviews, reported developmental history, and medical condition as well. This information appears to be from reliable sources and valid.
Current status of his emotion and behavior was obtained from observation during testing and from standardized psychological, neuropsychological and achievement tests. The validity of his performance on most tests was deemed to be accurate due to his cooperation and motivation to perform the tests.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Current Concert:
Roy has long struggled with his temper and self control. Throughout the past six years, he had been trying to cope with being a clone and the subconscious mole. Currently, his relationship with his mentor remains strained, and he is having a difficult time trusting the team. Although he is extremely talented, he consistently displays tendency to be impulsive and short-temper making him a wild card during missions. The most pressing concern at this time is his use of illegal substances.
Medical and Development History:
Pregnancy and birth history: Roy Harper was created by Project Cadmus, a genetics research laboratory, and implanted with Roy Harper's memory. He was placed with his mentor ten years ago, but no one suspected the switch. Developmental history: As part of the Cadmus programming, he was grown from a few cells at a fast rate. Also, the Cadmus aliens taught him English, Earth's history, fighting techniques, Speedy's history and memories, and the subconscious desire to join the Justice Team. When the Light invaded earth the program was complete, he was discovered by Green Arrow and his training was completed. Since then he has a normal growth rate and mental capacity of a 23 year old male.
Medical history: He has sustained many minor injuries resulting from crime fighting. Also, he has loss of appetite and insomnia that is associated with heroin dependency. He has successfully completed a 12-step drug rehabilitation program.
Family and Social History:
Roy Harper has the memories of his source, also Roy Harper. When he was 12, both his parents died. According to Green Arrow, Roy Harper tracked Arrow down in his early teens and requested that Arrow train him. Due to Roy's skill as an archer, Arrow agreed to train him. Although, he was brash and headstrong, Roy was a diligent pupil, and he developed skills associated with marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat, and stealth. Throughout his training he met and struck up a friendship that expanded outside crime-fighting with Wally West, Kid Flash, and Dick Grayson, Nightwing.
Once he discovered he was a clone, Roy cut himself off socially. He began to do heroine, and neglect his self care. When he met and dated Jade West, he lived with her, but Jade left him before telling him she was pregnant. After their daughter, Lian, was born, Jade returned. Currently they are attempting to work on their marriage for their daughter.
Summary of Previous Evaluations
As a part of the Cadmus training, Roy had an intense desire to fight and serve with the Justice Team. Upon his discovery, he was deemed too young, and continued to be mentored by Green Arrow. In 2010, he had reached the physical age of 15, and was old enough to join the strike team. However, due to the Cadmus Programming, he left the team and fought crime on his own. In September of the same year, he began working with his mentor and the Young Justice strike team on brief missions.
In December, he joined the strike team officially. He began to suspect a mole on the team, and worked with team members Aqualad and Robin to discover the intruder. On December 30, the client was inducted into the Justice League, and unwittingly allowed the Light, an enemy of the Justice League control over their minds. With his subconscious programmed mission completed, he realized the situation and assisted the Young Justice strike team in defeating the Light and restoring the Justice League.
On January 1, 2011, the client, Roy Harper, Red Arrow, realized he was a clone, and began searching for the abducted Roy Harper. After failure in finding information with the team, the client decided to single-handedly track down the abductee in 2012. He continued on his self-assigned mission, following leads to Speedy's possible location, but failed to find him.
In 2013, he begins a professional relationship with Jade Nguyen, waiting for her to reveal more about herself before beginning to trust her. Together they break into many Luthorcorp sites, but do not locate Speedy. In 2015, he and Jade get married, but the marriage breaks up soon when his obsession to find Speedy prompts Jade to leaves him. Since then he began abusing heroin, and neglected his self care.
Last month, several Justice Team members staged an intervention for Red Arrow, but it failed. Later that night, Jade informed him they had a daughter, Lain. Together, Roy and Jade tracked down a lead and found the abducted Speedy in Tebet. Jade and Red Arrow returned Speedy to Star City for medical treatment.
However, he was continuing to abuse heroine. After another intervention from the team his wife, and his mentor, Roy agreed to get sober for his daughter, and willingly entered a 12-step rehabilitation center. After he regained his sobriety, he and Jade were married privately. Since his recovery, he has helped the team multiple times, and has now re-applied for new membership. This report is to determine his mental and emotional state, and make recommendation for reinstating membership, or more rehabilitation.
BEHAVIOR OBSERVATIONS
Testing Behavior
In the past, Roy resisted multiple attempts to discuss his emotions and addiction. However, this time he willingly partook in a opioid drug test after his release from rehabilitation. Once he passed the test, he was evaluated over a period of two days, a sixty minute session took place each day. He was motivated to perform the cognitive tasks of the exam, however, he was notably resistant to discuss his emotions. He was encouraged multiple times not to lie during the interview, which often resulted in a change of answer.
Psychological Assessment
The psychological assessment for Roy Harper took place over a few days. On the first day, the drug test (mandated and supervised by Oliver Queen), an assessment of Intellectual Functioning, and a clinical interview was conducted. Two days later, the client returned and completed a personality assessment and a behavioral assessment. After the trestles were computed, the client was debriefed, and recommendations were made.
TESTS ADMINISTERED
STANDARDIZED INSTRUMENTS:
Standard Opioid Drug Test
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition
Myers Briggs Personality Test
Beck's Depression Inventory
INFORMATION ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES:
Development History Form
Interviews
Primary Sources Inventory
Behavior Observations
Review of medical reports
RESULTS FROM TESTING
Using information from multiple sources, the following domains of functioning were analyzed in terms of the effect on Roy's psychological and emotional status.
Assessment of Intelligent Functioning: In order to determine the client's IQ, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) was used. The results indicated that Roy had an IQ of 112, placing him in the range of intellectually high average.
Clinical Interview: The clinical interview was a face-to-face interview that was conducted in the office. Since he has found Roy Harper, he is current of focused on restoring his relationship with Jade West, and his daughter. One of the points of this restoration is undergoing a rehabilitation program for heroine. Also, he has reconnected with several Young Justice members, and a few Justice League Members. However, during the interview Roy Harper displayed symptoms of repressed aggression and depression, both of which could come out during his fighting style.
Personality Assessment: In order to determine the client's personality that could be contributing to the results, an automotive Myers Briggs Personality assessment was conducted. The results indicated that the client had an INTJ "The Architect" personality. Roy is strategic, independent, hard working; but also he is brash, outspoken, judgemental, and hates to blindly follow people.
Psychological Assessment: In order to determine the client's psychological state, the automated Beck's Depression Inventory, and the Standard Opioid Drug Test was conducted. The results were combined with the information gained from the referral and the interview.
The symptoms displayed throughout the interview were:
Reckless taking justice into his own hand
Missing valuables or money
Legal troubles
Lying
Cutting off contact with former associates
Chipping (intermittent heroin use)
These symptoms, combined the results of the test, indicates Roy is experiencing two psychiatric illness:
A singular episode of Major Depressive Disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) characterized by displaying the the eleven possible signs. Roy is displaying eight symptoms:
Feelings of hopelessness
Angry outburst
Lost of interest in pleasurable activities,
Insomnia
Excessive weight loss based on reduced appetite
Restlessness
Slowed body movements
Feelings of worthlessness.
A current Heroin Addiction characterized by displaying sixteen possible symptoms. Roy is displaying eight of the symptoms
Fatigue followed by restlessness
Difficulty breathing
Needle Marks on Arms
Distenced from Friends and Family Members
Poor Motor Functioning
Long Droopy Heavy Extremities
Lack of Concern for the Future
Unkempt Personal Hygiene
SUMMARY
Roy is a 25- year-old Caucasian male who was referred for neuropsychological assessment to determine his mental and emotional status and to make recommendations regarding a treatment plan. He has a heroine addiction that he has been rehabilitated for, and there is concern that he may also have symptoms of major depressive disorder. An evaluation of his early development, cognitive capability, emotional status and academic achievement resulted in a determination of a complex set of characteristics that are contribution to his difficulties.
Roy performed at an high average range on the Intellectual Functioning test (IQ) with no notable differences between verbal and nonverbal functions. Also, according to Batman, he has displayed many advanced fighting capabilities cultivated from extensive training and five years of field experience. He displayed excellent abstract cognitive capability was noted for abstract thinking in both verbal and nonverbal visual spatial modalities. These good capabilities are reflected by his outstanding ability with multiple weapons and hand-to-hand combat. His previous subconscious programing has remained completely neutralized, and he shows no signs of residual programming.
Further evaluation of his emotion/social status indicates numerous areas that would respond to some cognitive/behavior therapy that challenges his beliefs and assumptions about his inadequacy. He has excellent abstract cognitive capacity that would enable him to profit from this sophisticated form of therapy. Treatment for his depressive mood and his drug addiction problems will hopefully remove some of the barriers to receiving support and successful integration into the Justice League team.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
In order to best serve Roy's needs there are several areas that may be targeted for intervention.
1. Primary focus should remain on managing his depression symptoms. He is learning to understand who his identity can be apart from seeing himself as a clone. He reported that has begun to be comfortable with his identity of a father and a husband at home. However, he has shown residual feelings of anger and sadness when thinking about Cadmus, and dwelling on his cloning origin. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) will allow Roy to understand his value apart from the Cadmus Cloning Process.
2. Although he has successfully completed his rehabilitation for heroin addiction, his sobriety may be tested on numerous League missions, family stress, and his depression. Therefore, it is recommended that he continues a multi-step recovery program that is local to Happy Harbor, Rhode Island. There are four local chapters of Narcotics Anonymous, according to the website.
3. Finally, it has been recommended that the discipline of crime fighting, will not be a hindrance but may be an assistance to Roy's recovery. It is suggested by Batman that he has a partner on the team that he trusts and is willing to be open with about his struggles. When asked who he would feel comfortable with, Roy stated both Batman, who has been exposed to numerous drugs, and Nightwing, one of his best friends. This has been posed to both of them and they have agreed to it.
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