A 25-year-old woman, presents to the emergency department co…

A 25-year-old woman, presents to the emergency department complaining of severe flu-like symptoms and intense cravings. She reports a history of substance abuse. Over the last week, she describes experiencing severe muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, sweating, and chills. On physical exam, you note mydriasis, restlessness, and yawning. Based of this information, which substance is the patient withdrawing from?

A 43-year-old female with a long history of depression is be…

A 43-year-old female with a long history of depression is being treated with SNRI-venlafaxine (Effexor). She decides she wants to be “all natural” and begins to take St. John’s Wort in an attempt to “wean off pills”. Three weeks later, she develops a temperature of 103 degrees F, tremors, nausea and vomiting, abdominal cramp, and diarrhea. On physical exam, she appears very agitated and diaphoretic. Her pupils are dilated, and her deep tendon reflexes are increased. An EKG shows sinus tachycardia. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

You are a therapist practicing in the state of New Jersey an…

You are a therapist practicing in the state of New Jersey and your patient indicates they are planning to murder their significant other.   You ask the patient about their plan, and they indicate they purchased a gun last week.  Review New Jersey’s duty to warn/protect law at this website: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-2a/section-2a-62a-16/ Using New Jersey’s law answer the following two questions: Considering the strict definitions of duty to warn/duty to protect, explain whether New Jersey is a duty to warn OR duty to protect state [Hint: The NJ law uses warn and protect interchangeably – so pay attention to the actual stipulations in the law]. Based on this law, what action(s) would you take as a practicing psychologist?