Author Question: A man declares that he has received privileged messages from other worldly beings directing him to ... (Read 29 times)

berenicecastro · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A man declares that he has received privileged messages from other worldly beings directing him to leave his family, quit his job, abandon all of his possessions except for what he can carry in a trash bag, and live on the streets drinking

alcohol daily. He declines all efforts to engage him in psychotherapy or any functions at a local shelter. Thomas Szasz would argue that the man's personal conduct: a. is neurotic
b. is psychotic
c. follows inexplicit game rules
d. necessitates involuntary psychiatric intervention

Question 2

A nurse was sued for malpractice but not convicted. Which fact from the case would have been decisive in determining its outcome?

a. The patient was verbally and physically combative.
b. The nurse was being oriented to the mental health unit.
c. The nurse has expressed a fear of the patient to the manager.
d. The patient did not suffer any physical or any emotional harm.

Sassygurl126 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Szasz argues that mental illness is a myth. He suggests that personal conduct is always rule following, strategic, and meaningful. Patterns or interpersonal and social relations may be regarded and analyzed as if they were games, the behaviors of the players being governed by explicit or tacit game rules.

Answer to Question 2

D
Four elements are necessary to prove liability for malpractice: duty, negligent performance, harm to the patient, and proximate cause. If the patient sustained no harm, no tort liability exists.