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Question

1. Explain Texas laws for involuntary psychiatric holds for child and adult psychiatric emergencies. Include who can hold a patient and for how long, who can release the emergency hold, and who can pick up the patient after a hold is released.

2. Explain the differences among emergency hospitalization for evaluation/psychiatric hold, inpatient commitment, and outpatient commitment in Texas.

3. Explain the difference between capacity and competency in mental health contexts.

4. Explain one legal issue and one ethical issue related confidentiality, HIPAA privacy rule, and protected information that may apply within the context of treating psychiatric emergencies.

5. Identify one evidence-based suicide risk assessment that you could use to screen patients.

6. Identify one evidence-based violence risk assessment that you could use to screen patients.