Reference no: EM133847499

Problem

Background information about Ben Ben was brought into the Emergency Department by the Police 3 days ago following an aggressive episode involving his girlfriend Sam outside their house. Ben's behaviour led to the Police believing that he was mentally unwell and poses a risk to himself and/or others. The police detained Ben and took him to the local health service, this caused a lot of distress in the community as Ben was well known and regarded by his neighbors Ben is 34 years old and is a qualified builder. He has a history of depression with known suicide attempts. Ben's depression symptoms have intermittently been ongoing since he was a teenager and he is known to use on occasion and at times abuse substances since the age of 14 years. Sam (Ben's girlfriend) told police that his use had got "much worse" in recent months and he "has started acting very strangely". She's reports that he has been talking with his sister, but she had taken her own life a year ago. She rang the police as he had become aggressive when challenged about his sister being alive. He was unfortunately pepper sprayed by police while being detained and arrived in the emergency department with significant bruising.

On admission to the Emergency Department, Ben had a mixture of alcohol, ice and cannabis in his system the psychiatrist that saw him stated he was most likely experiencing a drug induced psychotic episode as he was responding to auditory hallucinations and continually stating his sister is alive but is trapped in the spirit world and he is the only one that can help her along with becoming irritable when the staff questioned this reality. He was monitored for his injuries and received a medical clearance, then transferred to the Acute unit. Get the instant assignment help.

Ben is currently located in a Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit. Ben has been commenced on several different medications for depression, alcohol withdrawal and the psychotic symptoms, previous handovers have stated that he seems to be responding well to the medication treatment being provided, but at times becomes very irritable and demanding.

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