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Originally Posted by The Fonz
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This particular episode made this man violent, and so much so that he was chasing someone with a knife. At what point do you recommend full-time supervision?
His illness is not going anywhere... this will not be his last episode.
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It likely won't, but again, you don't know what caused the episode so it's impossible make a judgement on the course of treatment required to avoid future similar episodes.
There is no reason to believe it's a forgone conclusion that continued violence is inevitable. Nor do you know the purpose of him chasing around the other person with a knife (or if there was even a knife at all).
The point is, you should reserve judgement because you know so little about this person and this situation. Making a suggestion on the appropriate level of supervision is ignorant without any of the required knowledge. There's a nicer way to put that I'm sure, and it's not my intention to suggest you're an ignorant person, but that was an ignorant statement for you to make.
When someone says "I have cancer" do you say, "Well obviously you need chemo."? I don't imagine you would, because you don't know anything about their cancer, and you aren't in possession of any of the required information or knowledge to make a treatment plan for that person, so why would you do it for someone with a mental illness?