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Question

Myron is a newly separated massage therapist who has always struggled with depression. He has trouble staying employed because he is moody and impulsive, even during a session with a client, and sometimes his demeanor makes clients slightly uncomfortable. When his wife tries to get him to take his medication, he always argues that "... we don't do that in my family! We are not a family of nut cases, and we're not weak." They have argued about this intensely for years. Four days ago, Myron's wife of 17 years left both him and their 15-year-old daughter Becca, saying that his emotional instability is what has caused Becca to become "a problem child." There is no indication that Becca's mother is coming back. Earlier today Becca came home from school and couldn't find her father at first. Then she saw that his massage studio door was closed, and when she knocked, her father slurred the words, "Go away." She panicked and called her older brother, who lives on a military base 8 hours away. He is the one who called the police; when they arrive, Becca is sitting on the porch, her head in her hands. She is sobbing and.