Your client, a 35-year-old married, unemployed man with four children, has a alcohol abuse problem. His wife remains quiet during your interview with the client
Besides questioning the client about his alcohol abuse problem, what else would you be concerned about that commonly occurs among families in which substance abuse is present?
1. domestic violence
2. midlife crisis
3. poverty
4. sexually transmitted diseases
ANS: 1
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