A patient with mental illness was initially treated in an outpatient setting and then hospitalized for a week when the disorder became acute
After discharge to a halfway house, this patient's care was managed by a community mental health nurse. Which inference applies to this community?
a. Additional mental health services should be made available for the severely mentally ill.
b. A seamless continuum of services is in place to serve persons with severe mental illness.
c. Case management services should be expanded to care for acute as well as long-term system consumers.
d. There are insufficient data to make a conclusion.
B
Data are sufficient to suggest that a seamless continuum of service is in place, because the individual is able to move between continuum treatment sources and is given the services of a case manager to coordinate care. Data provided are insufficient to warrant any of the other assessments.
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