You Work in a Hospital with a Chemical Dependency Unit

question 1

Multiple Choice

You work in a hospital with a chemical dependency unit. A new patient in the emergency room shows signs of paranoid schizophrenia, but a toxicology screen indicates he took cocaine. He is sent to your unit, and one week later, he still seems to show signs of paranoid schizophrenia but you are not a doctor) . What do you do?

• A) Schedule the patient for an assessment with you and an evaluation by a mental health professional to determine if a co- occurrence exists.
• B) Recognize that the patient has a co-occurrence of mental illness and cocaine abuse, and assess for the best treatment approach.
• C) Send the patient to the psychiatric ward for evaluation.
• D) Ask the patient how often he uses cocaine.

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