You have a patient who is getting escalated in the clinic an…

You have a patient who is getting escalated in the clinic and starting to raise their voice about what was going on at home and how it is not fair with the landlord evicting them for being behind on the rent. When working in a crisis situation what is something you should keep in mind: 

You have a patient that presents to your behavioral health o…

You have a patient that presents to your behavioral health office with their family member. The family is concerned about the patient living at home due to the patient’s high acuity with their mental health needs and wonders about group homes or a community/state run facility. What is your best response to the family: 

You have a patient establish care who is currently on methad…

You have a patient establish care who is currently on methadone for an opioid use disorder. He goes to the methadone clinic daily. At his next visit he lets you know that he struggled with getting to the methadone clinic daily with work and now has been back to using opioids. He would like to get off of the opioids and is having some difficulty. What screening tool could you use to help best determine how he is doing with weaning off his opioids: 

Bill is a 29-year-old male that comes to your clinic with co…

Bill is a 29-year-old male that comes to your clinic with concerns that he has intense sexual arousal from looking at people’s feet. He has even paid people to look at their feet and this is getting into the way in his relationship with his girlfriend. You suspect he is suffering from what DSM-5-TR diagnosis: 

A 62-year-old male complained with symptoms of easy fatigabi…

A 62-year-old male complained with symptoms of easy fatigability, weakness and gum hypertrophy. A complete blood count was abnormal.  A bone marrow aspirate revealed a hypercellular marrow with 32% blasts. Flow cytometry revealed positivity for CD13 and CD33. How should this disorder be classified?