Biopsychosocial Assessment

Meet Ray

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Meet Ray Program Transcript

FEMALE SPEAKER: Meet Ray. Ray is a full-term baby of normal length and weight,

born to working-class Caucasian parents living in a suburban area. As an, infant he

stops breathing on several occasions, which the emergency room doctor says may be

due to the effects of secondhand smoke. Both Ray's mother, Mary, and father, George,

smoke in the apartment.

In his early years, Ray forms a strong bond with Mary, who is loving and nurturing.

However, she works two part-time cashiering jobs to support the family and is not often

home. George is stern and often yells and loses patience with Ray.

At age 6, Ray regularly hears his parents fighting when he is trying to sleep, usually

over money and the demands of parenting. Ray interprets his father's anger as not

wanting me. When Ray enters public school, the nurse helps Ray get an inhaler for his

breathing challenges, which have escalated to asthma.