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CONTROLLED BY MEDICATIONS UNTIL HE ENROLLED IN A CLINICAL PHARMACEUTICAL TRIAL. PATIENT IS HIGHLY AGITATED, DELUSIONAL, RELIGIOUSLY PREOCCUPIED, HAS RACING AND INCOHERENT THOUGHTS WITH PRESSURED SPEECH. PATIENT IS UNPREDICTABLE WITH AGGRESSIVE OUTBURSTS. DURING THIS HOSPITALIZATION PATIENT HAS LUNGED AT, SWUNG AT, PUSHED, SPIT AND ATTEMPTED BITING STAFF AND PEERS. PATIENT HAS ALSO DESTROYED PORTIONS OF HIS CHART BY PUTTING PARTS OF THE CHART IN A TOILET AND URINATING ON IT. PATIENT'S THREATENING BEHAVIORS ARE BASED ON PSYCHOTIC DELUSIONS. PATIENT CONTINUES TO REFUSE MEDICATIONS THAT WOULD IMPROVE HIS SYMPTOMS AND LESSEN HIS THREATENING BEHAVIORS.
Based on the evidence and having heard argument of counsel, the Magistrate finds that clear and convincing evidence was presented to prove that the patient suffers from an apparent or manifest mental illness diagnosed as Psychotic Disorder. The nature and extent of this illness and the accompanying behavior exhibited by patient is (noted above in CAPS)
As a result of the above referenced mental illness, the patient has refused voluntary placement for treatment after sufficient and conscientious explanation and disclosure of the purpose of placement. The patient is unable to determine for himself whether placement is necessary.
There is a substantial likelihood that in the near future the patient will inflict serious bodily harm on himself or another person, as evidenced by recent behavior causing, attempting, or threatening such harm;
All available, less-restrictive treatment alternatives, which would offer an opportunity for improvement of the patient's condition, are inappropriate.
Based upon the findings, the Magistrate recommends that MY BROTHER be involuntarily placed in a public facility as authorized by section 394.467, Florida Statutes(2013), for a period not to exceed six (6) months. It is further recommended that a Guardian Advocate be appointed for the duration of the involuntary placement.
Dated at St.Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, August 27, 2014
Based on the evidence and having heard argument of counsel, the Magistrate finds that clear and convincing evidence was presented to prove that the patient suffers from an apparent or manifest mental illness diagnosed as Psychotic Disorder. The nature and extent of this illness and the accompanying behavior exhibited by patient is (noted above in CAPS)
As a result of the above referenced mental illness, the patient has refused voluntary placement for treatment after sufficient and conscientious explanation and disclosure of the purpose of placement. The patient is unable to determine for himself whether placement is necessary.
There is a substantial likelihood that in the near future the patient will inflict serious bodily harm on himself or another person, as evidenced by recent behavior causing, attempting, or threatening such harm;
All available, less-restrictive treatment alternatives, which would offer an opportunity for improvement of the patient's condition, are inappropriate.
Based upon the findings, the Magistrate recommends that MY BROTHER be involuntarily placed in a public facility as authorized by section 394.467, Florida Statutes(2013), for a period not to exceed six (6) months. It is further recommended that a Guardian Advocate be appointed for the duration of the involuntary placement.
Dated at St.Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, August 27, 2014
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