Mr Smith's Suicide Case Summary

Summary
Mr. Smith was referred for a complete battery of tests to help determine his cognitive and psychiatric functioning, treatment recommendations, and his suicide risk level.
The patient is currently hospitalized at a locked inpatient psychiatric institute for new onset psychosis in the wake of excessive alcohol and cocaine use. He was found stumbling outside of a large fraternity party on the local college campus yelling loudly and walking into traffic. Witnesses to this event described Mr. Smith incoherent, speaking nonsensically, and aggressive. Several attempts were made to remove Mr. Smith from the road, which resulted in an altercation that ended with Mr. Smith repeatedly assaulting one individual with a metal object lying on the side of the road. Mr. Smith resisted arrest and managed to remove the pepper spray from one of the officer’s belts and proceed to use it on the officer’s. Mr. Smith was subdued with a tazer gun and brought into custody. …show more content…
Smith is confronted with a difficult situation, he is likely to respond do the situation emotionally, rather than thinking about other ways to solve the presenting issue. Furthermore, the patient’s scores on his intellectual functioning subtests which entail working under pressure, visual perceptions, and assessing the patient’s style of thinking were identified as his weaknesses. Hence, when the patient started attending college he started to have significant academic challenges, he was struggling to keep focus, and adapting to a new peer group. Since he has limited coping skills, felt pressured, and this tolerance for stress is minimal, he engaged in risky behaviors that involved using cocaine and alcohol excessively, which ultimately led to his