03-18-2008, 12:14 PM
58-year-old white store manager comes to the office for a periodic health evaluation. You have been treating both the patient and his wife for the past 15 years. Today the patient is tearful and agitated. He says that he is having difficulty with his son, who is age 32 years and has schizophrenia. The son has been living intermittently in a group home or on the streets. The patient says that his son is noncompliant with his antipsychotic medications. Recently, the son has been calling the patient's house asking for money, which the patient suspects his son uses to buy alcohol and illicit drugs. It is most appropriate to advise the patient to do which of the following?
A
) Arrange an involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital for his son
B
) Ask his son's psychiatrist to adjust his medication
C
) Change his phone number
D
) Contact the local chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill for support and advice
E
) Obtain a restraining order against his son
A
) Arrange an involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital for his son
B
) Ask his son's psychiatrist to adjust his medication
C
) Change his phone number
D
) Contact the local chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill for support and advice
E
) Obtain a restraining order against his son