Students will be expected to post their first initial discussion board posting by Wednesday of each week. Discussion posts will be graded and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
Students are expected to post their responses to peers by Sunday. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
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?
When responding to other postings pick a different position than the person you are engaging in the discussion
State 2 reasons you might agree and 2 reasons you might not agree with their response.
Responses should be thoughtful, substantive and promote further discussion on the topic
Be respectful and professional.