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Jack was admitted to a secure psychiatric institution after being found not guilty for murder by reason of insanity. He was diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. During the first few years of his stay he was regarded as a “good” patient: he was usually a reliable worker, was compliant with the instructions of ward staff, and was never in a fight. Nevertheless, he frequently exhibited psychotic behavior, asserting that he was a “king of kings,” that he had animals in his stomach, and that hospital staff had secret papers about him. Despite the psychotic behavior, and after several years, he eventually earned a transfer to the highest privilege, lowest security ward.
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Rice, M.E., Harris, G.T., Quinsey, V.L. (1994). Control in the Psychiatric Setting—Adults. In: Hersen, M., Ammerman, R.T., Sisson, L.A. (eds) Handbook of Aggressive and Destructive Behavior in Psychiatric Patients. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2403-8_9
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