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Question

You are a social worker who works at an Emergency Department (ED) in a large teaching hospital. A 26-year-old patient was transported to the ED by paramedics who used Naloxone to reverse this patient's opioid overdose. The patient is accompanied by their parent, who found the patient unresponsive and called 911. The patient had recently relapsed to heroin and benzodiazepines after 7 months of treatment. The patient's treatment included individual therapy, group therapy, and a medication for opioid use disorders. A successful discharge would include which of the following? Group of answer choices Providing the patient and their parent with information about how to obtain naloxone after obtaining patient permission Consulting with the patient's prescribing provider without patient permission given that the patient had relapsed Referring the patient to self-help meetings even though the patient does not feel that they are a good fit Providing psychoeducation about the importance of abstinence.