A Person Who Is Admitted to an Inpatient Unit Will

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Multiple Choice

A person who is admitted to an inpatient unit will stay for only a brief time, often only 4 or 5 days, before starting or resuming community-based mental health services. Which of the following is the primary reason for brief admissions in an inpatient unit?

• A) The doctor wants to reevaluate the person's medications and make a change that requires stopping one or more of them.
• B) Inpatient hospital stays can be very expensive and insurance often only pays for a few days.
• C) The person is experiencing a safety crisis because of an environmental stressor or an increase in the intensity of the symptoms.
• D) People can simply check themselves out when they want to or when they feel that they no longer need help.

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