Which treatment setting would necessitate the most restrictive care environment?
a. Partial hospitalization program
b. Geropsychiatric unit
c. Forensic hospital
d. Group home
ANS: C
Patients in forensic hospitals have mental illness as well as conviction or charges for criminal activity. These settings must be therapeutic but also confine patients from society. Rules, regulations, and restrictions have similarities to prisons.
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