Your new patient, Mr. Smith, is assigned to your unit after getting into a fight outside a local shopping mall. He got i
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 10:55 am
Your new patient, Mr. Smith, is assigned to your unit after getting into a fight outside a local shopping mall. He got into a group of strangers outside the store. Mr. Smith reported that he was threatened by others who witnessed the event state no threat was made and the group he fought with denied making any statements or threats to him at all. Witnesses reported Mr. Smith approached the group from a distance and appeared angry, disorganized, and agitated. Mr. Smith is a veteran with a history of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and comorbidities of depression and intermittent psychotic episodes. He does not appear to have a substance abuse disorder.
In the unit Mr. Smith's paranoia continues and he becomes agitated and threatens to assault another staff person. He tells you, “You’re the only one I think I can trust. But can I? Are you going to take their side?”
1. What would be your initial interventions be?
2. What would your statement of diagnosis be at this time?
3. If he continued to escalate and became a direct threat to himself or others, what do you anticipate the next steps would be
In the unit Mr. Smith's paranoia continues and he becomes agitated and threatens to assault another staff person. He tells you, “You’re the only one I think I can trust. But can I? Are you going to take their side?”
1. What would be your initial interventions be?
2. What would your statement of diagnosis be at this time?
3. If he continued to escalate and became a direct threat to himself or others, what do you anticipate the next steps would be