The social worker was contacted by Dr. Sundaram’s MA and asks to speak to the patient about medication compliance. Patient is a African American, single, female who lives alone and is alert and orientated to person, place and date (times 3). The patient was recently in the emergency department for a TIA. The patient has hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity, and she presents today with a elevated blood pressure. The patient states that she doesn’t like to take pills and reports that she is overwhelmed by them and doesn’t see the point in taking them. The social worker informs the patient about confidentiality and duty to report. The social worker inquire if the patient has been feeling depressed and had the patient take a PHQ-9 in which
