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| Medical crisis category | N = 98 | Case example(s) |
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| Injury | 41 (41.8%) | Client ran across street on yellow light and was hit by a car |
| Ill-defined symptoms/signs | 11 (11.2%) | Client became lethargic, was not eating, and was acting very much out of character |
| Nervous system/sense organs | 10 (10.2%) | Client had 6 seizures in one day |
| Digestive | 9 (9.2%) | Client was experiencing chronic constipation |
| Infectious/parasitic | 7 (7.1%) | Client was vomiting all day and had a very high fever |
| Other (includes endocrine/nutritional/metabolic, musculoskeletal, circulatory, respiratory, genitourinary, pregnancy, and skin) | 20 (20.4%) | Client needed to be assessed for a urinary tract infection
Client broke out with skin irritation |
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| Psychobehavioral crisis category | N = 123 | Case example(s) |
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| Physical aggression | 40 (32.5%) | Son pushed mother against wall and hit her in the head |
| Suicidal ideation/behaviour | 25 (20.3%) | Client argued with parent and then overdosed on psychotropic medications and was admitted to hospital |
| Other psychiatric symptoms | 16 (13.0%) | Anxious, depressed, and experiencing hallucinations |
| Verbal aggression | 9 (7.3%) | Client has been very verbally abusive these past few weeks. He had threatened to hurt roommate |
| Property damage | 6 (4.9) | Client agitated, was angry, and trashed apartment |
| Other (e.g., missing, sexual deviance, and arson), | 24 (19.5%) | Client was upset with a staff and eloped from her day program. |
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