Question

A 19-year-old college sophomore who has been using cocaine and alcohol heavily for 5 months is admitted for observation after admitting to suicidal ideation with a plan to the college counselor. What would be an appropriate priority outcome for this client’s treatment plan while in the hospital?

Answer 1

Answer: The client should be medically stabilized while in the hospital.

Explanation:

The medical stabilization is a process which is ensures to prevent the injury, sick or affected person from deteriorating the medical condition before the actual treatment is started upon the patient.

The given situation require a medical stabilization process to be done upon the client as the client is subjective of substance abuse that were cocaine and alcohol. These substances are likely to develop withdrawal symptoms. Thus the client need to overcome the psychological and physical dependence related with the abuse. Thus the treatment should begin with medical stabilization procedures before treatment.