When a partial-hospitalization patient is assessed as possibly having suicidal ideations, the treatment plan will focus on:
a. stabilization.
b. institutionalization.
c. symptom remission.
d. diagnostic evaluation.
A
Stabilization is sought and then treatment continues in the community. Diagnostic evaluation already would have been performed, and institutionalization (an unwanted passive dependency that develops with long hospital stays) is not an appropriate outcome.
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