A Patient with Many Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia,whose Behavior Is

A patient with many positive symptoms of schizophrenia,whose behavior is disorganized and who is highly anxious,tells the nurse in the psychiatric emergency department,"You have got to help me.I do not know what is going on.I think someone is trying to wipe me out.I have to get a gun." The patient,a college student,lives alone and has no family or support system in the immediate area.He has not left his room in 2 weeks,has not eaten in several days,and is unkempt.Of the available treatment settings,the nurse should recommend:

A) admission to an unlocked residential crisis unit.
B) inpatient hospitalization on a locked unit.
C) attending a day treatment program for 4 weeks.
D) admission to a partial hospital program.

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