Sam Sought Services from the Passages Agency for His Daughter,Phillipa,who

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Sam sought services from the Passages Agency for his daughter,Phillipa,who was depressed over the suicide of her boyfriend of 2 years.Phillipa was referred by the hospital were Sam took her 2 days after the boyfriend's suicide.She remained in the hospital for 3 days and was discharged to an Intensive Outpatient program.Phillipa refused to attend after 2 days.She was successfully treated with medication prescribed by a psychiatrist outside the agency,individual therapy at 2 times per week and family therapy 2 times per month (provided by therapists at Passages).The family was seen for a total of 6 months.Phillipa demonstrated successful completion of treatment by a significant improvement of her symptoms evidenced by increase in socializing,got a job with a referral from Passages and has considered dating again.Phillipa reports that she will seek services again if she experiences any reoccurrence of her symptoms.All the service providers and her parents agreed she had recovered from her initial complaint of depression resulting from her boyfriend's suicide.