Acute mental illness definition
Acute mental illness means a mental illness which is not of life−long duration, which is severe in degree and causes a sub- stantially diminished level of functioning in the activities of daily living and an inability to cope with the ordinary demands of life, and which may lead to an inability to maintain stable adjustment and independent functioning without short−term treatment.
Acute mental illness means a crisis state or an acute phase of one or more specific psychiatric disorders in which a person displays one or more specific psychiatric symptoms of such severity as to prohibit effective functioning in any community setting. Persons who are acutely mentally ill may be admitted to an acute mental illness facility or unit under the provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code [405 ILCS 5], which determines the specific requirements for admission by age and type of admission.
Acute mental illness means a crisis state or an acute phase of one or more