In addition to mental illness, what conditions must be met in most states for someone to be involuntarily committed?
What will be an ideal response?
Dangerous to self or others, incapable of providing for basic needs, unable to make responsible treatment decisions about hospitalization, and in need of treatment in a hospital.
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A) the ability to revise her text's meaning and style will cause her to worry less about making mistakes. B) she will become easily frustrated because her typing skills are slower than writing with a pencil. C) she will not learn to spell correctly, as she will rely on the computer to correct her mistakes. D) her attention will be sustained longer, but the quality of her work will be poor.
One evening after work, Barbara arrives home in a very bad mood. Noticing this, her husband James asks her why she seems so angry and upset
Barbara hadn't thought about her mood before James mentioned it, and now she thinks hard about what has caused her to be so sullen. She decides that it was because she was hungry and tired, and she tells James so. Barbara is ________ her behavior. a. constructing a causal theory about b. making an excuse for c. attempting to discount d. overjustifying