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Self-Care: Adderall

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Self-Care: Kenny may have difficulty with self-care in terms of medication management, personal grooming and hygiene, and safety awareness. It was reported that Kenny takes Adderall for the attention issues and he needs medication monitoring or he will overuse. He also needs to have prompting for grooming and hygiene. Documentation also reported self-harm (cutting), suicidal threats, and threatening people. All of those behaviors are harmful and unhealthy with potentially negative consequences. Self-direction: Kenny's triggers cause him to go into fight or flight response and therefore make poor choices in the way he communicates and behaves. It was documented that Kenny blamed others and did not take responsibility for his own choices

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