Reference no: EM133690218

Question 

A client is accompanied to the emergency department (ED) by several police officers and a caseworker. The caseworker called the police to enter the client's apartment because the client refused to answer the door. The caseworker brings some medication bottles from the client's apartment and reports that 4 months ago, the client stopped taking all psychotropic medications. The client has poor eye contact, disheveled, dirty uncombed hair, and stained clothes. The client denies current suicidal ideation, although the caseworker reports a history of past suicide attempts and violence. The client has lost 10 pounds in the past 2 weeks, sleeps 12 hours daily, and doesn't leave the apartment. The nurse observes that the client sometimes looks to the corner of the room and then looks down and mumbles during the interview. The client admits to the nurse that they do not want to leave the apartment because they think someone is waiting to kill them.