A patient with a history of schizophrenia has completed an advance directive agreeing to hospitalization should decompensation occur. How should the hospitalization be categorized if the patient is brought to the emergency department experiencing delusions, hallucinations, and unsafe behavior?
1. Voluntary admission
2. Involuntary admission
3. Temporary involuntary admission
4. Emergency involuntary admission
1. Voluntary admission
Explanation:
Because the patient has a psychiatric advance directive, the admission would be voluntary. If the patient did not have an advance directive, an emergency involuntary admission would be needed. A temporary involuntary admission or an involuntary admission do not apply.
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