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Clinical Case Study: Emotion (Mood, Anxiety, & Grief)Case: Bipolar Disorder with DepressionRelated Concepts: Adaptation, Coping, Wellness, Self-Management,Medication management & Suicide attemptLuis Chaves is a 22-year-old who migrated to Miami at the age of 2 yearswith his parents.He is unemployed and lives with his sister.He is activelyinvolved with an intercity gang and depressed.Today he intentionallyoverdosed with paroxetine, zolpidem, oxycodone and alcohol.He goes tohis sister’s apartment to say goodbye after taking the drugs and alcohol andconfesses to overdosing.His sister immediately calls 911 as he becameunconscious.On the way to the emergency department Luis was treatedwith naloxone, which produces a rapid improvement in his level ofconsciousness.He becomes agitated and starts yelling that he “doesn’twant to live anymore.”