You are responding to a patient with a psychiatric problem. While you are en route, dispatch contacts you and states that a mental health provider is present at the scene and you will be transporting the patient to the local psychiatric hospital for treatment of her bipolar disorder. At the scene, which behavior should help confirm that the patient has bipolar disorder?
A) Belief that family members are out to get her
B) Statements by the patient that she is "just fine"
C) Threats of violence toward the EMTs
D) Happy, excessively cheerful, and elated behavior
D) Happy, excessively cheerful, and elated behavior
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