Question

James is a person with schizophrenia who has delusions that the CIA is after him. He has been brought to a psychologist by the police after being arrested for assaulting an elderly woman whom he claimed was trying to kill him. Assuming that testing reveals that he truly is psychotic, where will the psychologist recommend that he be sent?

Answer 1

He will be sent to a hospital since it is evident he might be a threat to himself and others, he needs to be restrained preferably in a mental institution where he can get the necessary help.