A 34-year-old woman was brought to the Emergency Department after taking an uncertain quantity of paracetamol two hours previously and trying to hang herself. She became agitated and insisted that she wanted to go home immediately. How should you proceed?
Ask her to sign a 'discharge against medical advice' form and let her go
Call the duty psychiatrist, and with other staff in the Emergency Department attempt to restrain her until they arrive
Call the duty psychiatrist, but let the patient go if she insists and the duty psychiatrist does not arrive in time to see her
Call the hospital security services, restrain her and sedate her
Detain her under section 5(2) of the Mental Health Act
