Which Individual Diagnosed with a Mental Illness May Need Involuntary

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which individual diagnosed with a mental illness may need involuntary hospitalization? An individual

• A) who has a panic attack after her child gets lost in a shopping mall.
• B) with visions of demons emerging from cemetery plots throughout the community.
• C) who takes 38 acetaminophen tablets after the person's stock portfolio becomes worthless.
• D) diagnosed with major depression who stops taking prescribed antidepressant medication.

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Definitions:

P-value

A metric used in statistics to assist researchers in assessing the importance of their findings, signifying the chance of achieving the observed outcomes assuming the null hypothesis is accurate.

Test Statistic

A calculated value that is used to assess the evidence against the null hypothesis in a statistical test.

Alternative Hypotheses

Statements positing a specific relationship or difference between variables, considered when the null hypothesis is suspected to be false.

Test Statistic

A value derived from sample data used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.