triage assessment week 5 assignment ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT AID GRADE A+

Crisis Event Identify and describe briefly the crisis situation: This crisis surrounding Alexa, who is a 17-year old Hispanic female who has attempted suicide multiple times by taking her father prescription medication. Alexa has run away from home and shows signs of being withdrawn and depression. Recently Alexa started dating a young man from school and refuses to return to counseling in order to spend more time with him and her friends. Alexa refuses to attend counseling again and feels useless at home and unwelcomed at school. Alexa’s parents are extremely worried about her condition due to a bottle of prescription pills and alcohol that was found in her room by her mother. Affective Domain Identify and describe briefly the affect that is present. (If more than one affect is experienced, rate with number 1 being primary, number 2 secondary, number 3 tertiary.) Anger/Hostility 2. The affect of anger and hostility that Alexa presents is her unwillingness to attend counseling. Anxiety/Fear 3. The affect of anxiety and fear that Alexa presents is her unwillingness to go to school due to feeling of being unwelcomed and feeling useless at home. Sadness/Melancholy 1. The affect of sadness and melancholy that Alexa presents is her attempted suicides, hiding prescription pills and drinking. Affective Severity Scale Highlight the number that most closely corresponds with client’s reaction to crisis. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 No Impairment Minimal Impairment Low Impairment Moderate Impairment Marked Impairment Severe Impairment Stable mood with normal variation of affect appropriate to daily functioning. Affect appropriate to situation. Brief periods during which negative mood is experienced slightly more Affect appropriate to situation but increasingly longer periods during which negative mood is experienced Affect may be incongruent with situation. Extended periods of intense negative moods. Mood is experienced Negative affect experienced at markedly higher level than situation warrants. Affects may be obviously incongruent with situation. Mood Decompensation or depersonalization evident. intensely slightly more noticeably swings, if than intensely than more intensely occurring, are situation situation than situation pronounced. warrants. warrants. warrants. Onset of negative Emotions Client Liability of moods are are perceives affect may be perceived by substantially emotions as present. Effort client as not under client being required to being under control. substantially control volitional control. under control. emotions. Behavioral Domain