Tough Decisions

[lilladyeva]

I can't get into much about work on here for confidentiality reasons. But I had to deal with someone experiencing psychosis today. As a substance abuse counselor it's not something I am necessarily equipped for. Also therapy doesn't actually help active psychosis, you can't talk someone out of a delusion. I will inform their psychiatrist tomorrow. But it was an unsettling situation. They were not a danger to themselves or others and they don't believe they are delusional so hospitalization was out of the question. They don't want to go and unless they are an imminent threat I can't make them. I just hope the psychiatrist can do something more.