The most important reason to hospitalize people with chronic mental health problems is that their
1. behaviors pose a threat.
2. caregivers need a respite.
3. subsistence benefits expire.
4. medications need readjusting.
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Persons with chronic mental health problems are hospitalized only when their behaviors pose a threat to themselves or others.
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