Reference no: EM133880669

Problem

Suzanne has come by the free "drop-in" counseling clinic were you work to get some information and advice. Suzanne is a 22-year-old single woman who has been living with her boyfriend Jack in Manhattan's lower east side for the last four years. She and Jack have been heroin addicts for as many years.When Suzanne was 10 years old, her father, whom she says was a very heavy drinker, left her mom and the kids and never came back. At 14 she started drinking and smoking marijuana. At 16 she had dropped out of high school and at 18 she moved in with Jack. He introduced her to heroin. She reports using about a 1/2 gram of heroin per day just to be able to function and feel comfortable. In order to pay for the heroin and pay the rent on their apartment, Jack doesn't work, instead, she works the streets at night. She usually drinks four or five beers each night before going out to work. If she can't score enough heroin, she will try to score either some Valium? or Klonopin? to "tide me over until I can get some 'horse'". Get the instant assignment help. She says she has tried cocaine but, "I really didn't care for the high all that much."Suzanne tells you that the alcohol and heroin help to calm her nerves and get her through the night. She and Jack are not having sex all that much. When they do make love he never wears a condom. Identify the person's primary diagnosis regarding their substance use/addictionissues? Justify your answer by describing the symptoms that support the diagnosis.