Musculoskeletal Key

You have engaged Sam and a group of other people with severe mental illness in a rehabi­litation programme. You hope that they are finding the programme worthwhile and that it…

In a recent interview with Sam, it became clear that he had problems with everyday ­functioning, particularly in the areas of self-care and social interaction. Sam was wearing crumpled clothes…

It is clear that Sam feels demoralised by his illness. It is not that he is depressed but rather that he does not have any vision of the kind of…

Sam is a young man who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. You have been asked to review Sam for a new rehabilitation programme. You are interested in assessing symptom levels…

Sam is feeling down. Even though, by objective standards, he has made real progress in management of his illness and has been stable for more than 6 months, he is…

Angela has been spending a fair bit of time with Sam in recent months. She is a 29-year-old single mother with one child. She studies part-time at the local university…

Sam has been drinking too much. He has been feeling bored. He has put on some weight since he has been sitting around not knowing what to do with his…

Sam has been complaining a lot about his concentration and memory of late: ‘I forget ­appointments and sometimes I can’t remember whether or not I have taken my medication. If…

After the completion of the previous programme and in the follow-up home visit, Sam ­identifies that he still has problems with cooking and wishes to do something about that. He…

Sam’s practitioner has now identified several issues that Sam is facing, and she and Sam have been working on several of them over the last 3 months. They are making…