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Originally Posted by fotze

I'm wondering if he really is better on the new pills, treatment how can he function? Wouldn't he wake up in the morning refreshed then it dawns on him what his body did on that bus. I wouldn't leave the house. I would be paralyzed.

Do they have some sort of risk matrix for these cases. I am trying to draw comparisons to things I know. I do risk analysis all the time on pipelines. There is always discretion even amongst experts.

You always have a likelihood of occurrence and then a consequence of occurrence. Obviously the consequence here is catastrophic, no one could argue that. The likelihood is where people might not agree now. I assume the professionals believe the likelihood is zero.

Perhaps they have said it is greater than zero but do other things to mitigate the risk. Hoping they have blood tests to ensure the drug is being taken, frequent check-ups. Maybe it is not possible to go full psychosis in a 48 hour period or something.

Maybe they could communicate the process to arrive at the decision as well as how they mitigate the risk. Might put some people at some ease. I know it would help me wrap my head around it.

Thats interesting, thats a really good point.

Originally Posted by MarchHare

He's being granted 30 minutes of unescorted time. What do you suppose the mental health facility will do if he hasn't returned by the time he's due back? Just sit on their thumbs and pretend nothing happened?

I can tell you what they wont be doing, and thats waiting at the nearest bus-stop.