Shirley is an elderly woman who believed that her husband of 40 years was trying to kill her. One evening, she took a fireplace poker and chased him around the house accusing him of trying to poison her with the dinner he prepared. She was finally restrained when the police arrived. After being evaluated at a local emergency room, she was transferred to an inpatient psychiatric facility against her will. The latter would be known as a(n)
A) psychiatric commitment.
B) civil commitment.
C) involuntary outpatient commitment.
D) voluntary emergency petition.
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Q2: Why is outpatient commitment considered less coercive
Q3: Of all psychological disorders, people with _
Q4: People who are judged to be guilty
Q5: In addition to consideration of an appropriate
Q6: Some critics of outpatient commitment consider it
A)
Q7: Outpatient commitment appears to be most successful
Q8: Psychologists are aware of their responsibilities to
Q9: The deinstitutionalization movement ultimately failed because
A) local
Q10: Select the statement that is TRUE of
Q11: Which of the American Psychological Association's core
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