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%
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