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Chapter 9 And Suicide Case Study

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The activity we received was a case study, I was expecting it to not be that descriptive. However, it helped me to understand how to apply the information from chapter nine to a client's suicide story. I'm looking forward to more case studies, this one was a little time consuming, because I was not exactly confident with how to ask the questions. The chapter nine lecture made me feel more confident when it came to knowing what to ask a client who is suicidal. I feel that this improved my weakness when dealing with clients who have these thoughts. It is a sensitive topic for many people to discuss that is why I have never received sufficient information. I did not know that the percentage of people who have thoughts of hurting themselves was that high. The lecture made me exposed to a topic I did not know about it made me feel aware that these feelings are not uncommon. If I ever have a friend who has these ideas it will help me be supportive or point them in the right direction if they need help. …show more content…

The students in our class were seen as normal and did not have judgment difficulties so writing the report was not easy. It would have been better if we could make the mental status anonymous, because then we could get creative with the report and actually have a real situation. I noticed the way we wrote the mental status exam was concise not what I was used to writing. I was not aware that doctors were not interested in behaviors they only wanted a simple explanation so they can diagnose their

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