Unit 3.3 DB: Case Study

Thinking of the ABC Model of Crisis Intervention and suicide assessment, decide which risk level the client is and discuss what interventions you would apply.

A 14-year-old African American boy is sent for counseling by his school counselor because he has not been coming to school and is not performing when he is in school. His mother brings him to the appointment, but she is in a hurry because she is on her lunch break from her full-time job. His father does not live with them, though he comes around frequently. The child states that he wishes he never existed and that he wishes he was dead.