Question

Usually someone is hospitalized only if they are an imminent threat to themselves or others. Describe a situation that might meet these criteria.

Answer 1

1. Someone is attacking physicaly another person.

2. Someone hurts themself physically severely (eg. cutting)

3. Someone was trying to commit a s-uicide.

4. Someone is harmful to themself in a different way, eg. has anorexy, not eating and fell down on a street.

5. When someone was diagnosed with a severe depression and not taking medicines prescribed.

That are the most common examples.