Problem
John has spent much of last month curled up in a fetal position under the dining room table in his apartment. A worried neighbor called local county mental health unit. John has been hospitalized on a 72-hour hold for observation.
• Who should decide if he should be further hospitalized?
• Should he be given drugs, with or without his consent?
• When should he be released?
• Who should decide: his parents, a psychiatrist, a judge, John alone?