A 35-year-old female with serious mental illness is referred to an Illness Management and Recovery program. The consumer expresses doubts to the social worker about the program because she states she has been in too many programs where she sits around
doing nothing. The social worker should FIRST:
a) Spend one or more sessions orienting her to the structure of the program
b) Suggest that the program may not be for her
c) Evaluate her for delusional thinking
d) Ask her whether she has been compliant on her medications
Answer: A
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