1. Section 16: Assessment (ASI) Role-Play continued… CASE STUDIES

2. 2 Practice with the ASI  Please break out into pairs and carefully read the following case study. One person will act as counselor, and the other will act as the new patient. The counselor and the patient will go through the ASI, answering each question. Afterwards, the class will discuss the experience and address any questions, concerns, or issues that arose.

3. 3 Case Study: Sharifa  Sharifa is a 26-year old female user of benzodiazepines. A Cairo University graduate, she has a college degree, is unemployed, and lives at home with her conservative parents and younger sisters. Sharifa has a boyfriend who smokes cannabis and whom her parents do not approve of. She has been taking benzos every night to sleep for the last 4 years, and she began taking them during the day for the past year. (Continued)

4. 4 Case Study: Sharifa continued… Citing parental pressure and depression, Sharifa has significantly increased her daily consumption of benzos, having once taken too much at one time and overdosed (she was rushed to the hospital by her parents). Her mother has been trying to get Sharifa to spend more time with her and her sisters, and Sharifa argues with her father almost daily. She sneaks out at night to meet with her boyfriend.