A crisis team led by a psychiatric nurse is called to a home because a patient with a history of paranoid schizophrenia is standing on the lawn shouting, "People are poisoning my water
" The nurse should advise the police officer to institute procedures for:
a. emergency care.
b. long-term commitment.
c. a probable-cause hearing.
d. short-term observation and treatment.
A
Individuals who are deemed to be dangerous to self, dangerous to others, or gravely disabled can be detained involuntarily for evaluation and emergency treatment for a specified period of time (often for 72 hours). Long-term commitment might be unnecessary. A probable-cause hearing is needed only for short-term observation and treatment.
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