A 20-year-old law student attends the emergency department with her parents after having taken an overdose of her mother’s antidepressant medication. She had a row earlier in the day with her parents about her mobile phone bill. She says that, in a fit of anger, she locked herself in the bathroom and swallowed a fistful of pills. She is carrying the bottle labeled ‘dothiepin 75 mg’, which may have contained as many as 28 tablets. She is very remorseful about the attempt and says it was impulsive.
She has apologized to her parents and has come to the emergency department at their insistence. She says She is very remorseful about the attempt and says it was impulsive. She has apologized to her parents and has come to the emergency department at their insistence. She says she feels fine and reports no symptoms apart from a slight pain in her abdomen. She reports feeling drowsy and would…
