osh is 30 years old. He believes that he was abducted by aliens that made his senses more intense. He believes that he can hear peoples’ thoughts and that they’re thinking negative things about him and wants to kill him. He walks around all day dressed like aliens and identifying as one. He quite his job and hardly talks to his family and friends. Everyone is scare to be around him because he threaten to kill many of his family members before. He barricaded his windows and doors of his house so that when he asleep no one can’t get in to kill him. Whenever he leaves the house he walks with a knife so that he can kill anyone if they try to harm him.  Analyze Josh and state what approach would be best suited to help him.

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Josh is 30 years old. He believes that he was abducted by aliens that made his senses more intense. He believes that he can hear peoples’ thoughts and that they’re thinking negative things about him and wants to kill him. He walks around all day dressed like aliens and identifying as one. He quite his job and hardly talks to his family and friends. Everyone is scare to be around him because he threaten to kill many of his family members before. He barricaded his windows and doors of his house so that when he asleep no one can’t get in to kill him. Whenever he leaves the house he walks with a knife so that he can kill anyone if they try to harm him. 

Analyze Josh and state what approach would be best suited to help him. 

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