Auditory Hallucinations: A Case Study

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The patient is a 14 year old female who presented to the ED under IVC with suicidal thoughts and plan. The patient endorses auditory hallucinations. The patient denies homicidal ideations and visual hallucinations. The patient reports depressive symptoms as: anger, isolation, sadness, worthlessness, insomnia, fatigue, and hopelessness.

During the time of the assessment the patient 4X oriented and calm. The patient reports that yesterday was her first day back at school due to the snow this past week. The patient reports she lost 4 friends when she came back to school because of her behavior. Moreover, the patient reports recently fighting after school, selling drug(marijuana), and bullying others. The patient expresses feeling like yesterday

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