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Your manager asks you to see a client who appears to be decompensating. He has stopped coming to the center and his wife asks you for assistance. She says he is not eating, sleeps all day and rarely gets out of the house. He is talking gibberish to himself and mumbles profanities. She is afraid that he may harm her or their 3-year-old child. She further tells you she thinks he may be doing drugs but does not know which ones. She says the last time he was like this he attempted suicide through overdosing on his psych meds. He takes Ritalin for adult ADHD.
- What is your first priority in this case? Why?
- What type of treatment would you suggest? Why?
- What types of therapy might help this client stay on track? Why?
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Running head: FOUNDATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING
Foundations of Individual Counselling
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Foundations of Individual Counselling
Priority
The priority, in this case, would be to have the patient brought to the center for assessment and
further diagnosis. The wife feels that he is posing a danger both to her and to their kid and the
first action should, therefore, be ...
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