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More Than a Change in Privileges: Form 5, Voluntary Status, and the Right to Leave
A Form 5 can easy to misunderstand. On a busy psychiatric unit, the change from involuntary to voluntary status may appear relatively minor. The patient remains in the same hospital, on the same unit, under the care of the same treatment team. What changes may be most immediately noticeable are the patient's privileges: they may be permitted to leave the unit, go outside, smoke, or have greater freedom within the hospital.
But a Form 5 does much more than change a patient's
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