Reference no: EM133568053

Question

Rachel Bhalerao is a 33-year-old divorced female who was admitted voluntarily for worsening depression which progressed to suicidal ideation with thoughts to overdose without actual attempt. Stressors included patient receiving a diagnosis of HIV a few months ago, and then dealing with a job layoff a few months earlier. The more acute stressor was then ongoing and worsening arguments with her boyfriend Thomas, who is living with her, which led the patient on one occasion to be upset enough that she physically acted out in anger and broke a TV, necessitating the police to be called to the home. That whole set of events led the patient to be hospitalized here. The patient had no previous inpatient treatment history. The patient did have 1 previous suicide attempt about 8 years ago when she cut her arm in the context of a rocky issues with her ex-husband.