Answer to Question 1
ANS: C
Competency to stand trial is a narrow concept based on the person's awareness of the legal process and the understanding of the criminal charges. The remaining options are concerned with the individual's symptoms, past experience, and motives rather than his ability to under-stand the legal processes.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: C
When the effects of the patient's mental illness result in an immediate risk of self-harm
or harm to others, an emergency commitment is appropriate. While it is correct that such a commitment is court ordered and may be a result of a relapse, these options do not appropri-ately respond to the patient's question. The patient does have a right to a lawyer, but this op-tion fails to answer the patient's question as well.