SAQ 1520 – Agitated behaviour, psychiatric features, and capacity

Marked out of 15.00

A 25-year-old man is brought to the ED with agitated behaviour after bystanders found him in a park repeatedly screaming for help.

After a short period he says he plans to leave. You are considering whether he is competent to make this decision. You decide that he is not currently competent to make health-care decisions and he is now attempting to leave.

List six assessment features that would suggest a psychiatric cause for his behavioural disturbance.

(Marked out of 6.0)


/ 6

List the components of competence assessment.

(Marked out of 3.0)


/ 3

State your sequential management steps to keep him in care against his will, including drug doses where appropriate.

(Marked out of 6.0)


/ 6

Total Score: 0 / 15

Percentage: 0%