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D-The patient arrived on time for her appointment to meet with his writer. Reported stable on her dose and deny the need to start tapering off on her methadone. During the beginning of the session, the patient discussed about her friend moving to Maine and addressed the pros and cons on taking on her friend's offered to move with her to another state. The cons out weighs the pros whereas the patient's family is here, mental health services, and her daughter medical provider(s). The patient feels moving to another state is a major move and she does not want to feel dependent on others to take care of her. This writer validated the patient's feelings and provided support to the patient decision. The patient then reported, she tried to find
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