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6 years ago
Which individual with a mental illness may need emergency or involuntary hospitalization for mental illness? The individual who:
 
  a. resumes using heroin while still taking methadone.
  b. reports hearing angels playing harps during thunderstorms.
  c. throws a heavy plate at a waiter at the direction of command hallucinations.
  d. does not show up for an outpatient appointment with the mental health nurse.
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ANS: C
Throwing a heavy plate is likely to harm the waiter and is evidence of being dangerous to others. This behavior meets the criteria for emergency or involuntary hospitalization for mental illness. The behaviors in the other options evidence mental illness but not dangerousness.
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