A first-year graduate student has a field placement at a psychiatric hospital. His first unsupervised intake interview is with the wife of a well-known physician who has published many articles.
During the intake, the student learns that the client has been treated over many years at various mental health facilities. Believing that all other possible forms of treatment have been exhausted without lasting success, the client's husband has urged hospitalization, and the client has agreed.
During the intake interview, the client reveals that her husband has been involved in extramarital affairs with other women. The student completes the interview, makes a provisional diagnosis, and decides against recording specific assertions made by the client.