Skip to main content
. 2014 May;37(3):245–252. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.11.024
1 A person with no physical or mental illness is struck by a car and sustains a severe head injury causing a haemorrhage that will result in death without surgical intervention.
2 A person with a psychosis, stable and experiencing no symptoms
3 A person with a psychosis, with obvious severe symptoms
4 A person with an intellectual disability
5 A person with previously good mental abilities develops a delirium as a result of the adverse effects of drug treatment for heart failure and refuses to eat or drink because he is convinced all food given to him is poisoned with the intention to kill him.
6 A person with a psychosis, usually stable, develops a delirium as a result of the adverse effects of drug treatment for heart failure
7 A person with a psychosis, usually stable and with good mental abilities, suffers a relapse of the psychosis due to ‘crack’ cocaine use
8 A person with a psychosis, usually stable and with good mental abilities, suffers a relapse of the psychosis of unknown cause
9 A person with an intellectual disability who normally enjoys his food, after being informed that he has a lymphoma, a life threatening disease, becomes psychotic