The Involuntary Commitment of "Mentally Disordered" Individuals to Mental Hospitals

question 16

Multiple Choice

The involuntary commitment of "mentally disordered" individuals to mental hospitals is objectionable to civil libertarians because

• A) the state's authority is limited to parens patriae.
• B) no crime has usually been committed.
• C) police powers belong to the people.
• D) mentally disordered people need treatment, not punishment.

Recognize the signs and symptoms of common vision and hearing impairments.

Identify the characteristics and significance of common skin findings and laboratory values related to systemic conditions.

Demonstrate knowledge of developmental norms and abnormalities in infants and children.

Describe the steps involved in the assessment of vital signs and the significance of abnormal findings.

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Definitions:

Statistical Significance

Indicates that the probability of the observed results occurring under the null hypothesis is low, suggesting the results are not due to random chance.

Probability

A measure of the chance or likelihood that a certain event will occur, often quantified as a fraction or percentage.

Variance

A statistical measure of the dispersion representing how much the values in a data set differ from the mean of the data set.

Highly Significant

A statistical term used to describe an outcome when the observed p-value is much lower than the specified level of significance (α), strongly indicating a true effect.