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Arthur Dent suffered bouts of mental illness. He was diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and experienced auditory and visual hallucinations. The auditory hallucinations were command hallucinations, that is, the voices he heard ordered him to do things. While suffering from these hallucinations he might appear quite normal, oriented to time and space although he might also appear subdued or agitated. During one of these periods he became convinced that he was compelled by the evil space construction supervisor Vogon Jeltz to follow his directions or the world would be destroyed to make way for a space highway. Following this command Dent walked into the Fifth Precinct police station and told the desk sergeant that five years ago he murdered his friend Ford Prefect, incinerated the remains and sprinkled the ashes in the garden. The sergeant was understandably astounded. He asked Dent to sit down and he proceeded to ask him questions about the crime. Dent appeared coherent and rational. He provided details of the event and at the conclusion of his account the sergeant said “Well, I’m going to have to arrest you.” Dent was placed in a cell and 15 minutes later Detective Zaphod arrived and told Dent he wanted to ask him some questions. He read Dent his Miranda warnings and asked if he was willing to waive his rights. Dent said “Yes, I am here to do Vogon’s will.” He then answered questions and again confessed to killing Prefect. At the hearing to suppress both of the statements, uncontradicted expert testimony demonstrated that, at the time he spoke to both officers, Dent was in a psychotic state and suffering from serious mental illness. The experts explained the existence of the command hallucinations and that the hallucinations impacted Dent’s volitional abilities and rendered him unable to make free and rational choices. They also testified that he was so detached from reality that he could not understand the Miranda rights. The trial court should:

A physical therapist is working on lower extremity range of motion to prevent contractures with a new patient who sustained a severe TBI. The patient is physically dependent and unable to verbalize or communicate purposefully at this time. While attempting to stretching the right hamstring, the patient begins to posture with upper extremity flexion, lower extremity extension, grind their teeth. The therapist notes a sudden increase in tone as well as an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. This patient is MOST LIKELY experiencing which of the following?

An individual with a history of mental health disorder is MOST at risk for which of the following clinical profiles if they sustain a concussion?

According to the TBI Edge task force, the outcome measure that is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for outpatient TBI rehab is which of the following?

The City of Nawleans maintains extremely high public image standards and the citizens are willing to pay extremely high property taxes to maintain this image. A city regulation mandates that trash containers are not permitted on the curb. Rather, the City employs an army of workers who drive small carts into the backyards of each residence, collect the trash bins, take the bins to trash trucks located discretely off the main road. The trash bins are then emptied into the trash truck and the now empty bins are returned to the storage area behind the house. Each residence is assigned a specific bin and that bin is returned to that assigned house after being emptied. Charles Denty lives in Nawleans. By all accounts he is a law-abiding citizen. One day Officer Anton approached the regular trashman for Denty’s neighborhood. Officer Anton asked the trashman to collect Denty’s trash and deliver it to a nearby vacant lot rather than the trash truck. The trashman shrugged nonchalantly and complied with Officer Anton’s request. Officer Anton scoured Denty’s trash and found absolutely nothing illegal. Denty learned of this conduct when he received a bill from the City of Nawleans for cleaning up his dumped trash. When the City learned that Officer Anton was responsible for the mess the City dismissed the bill sent to Denty. Denty filed a civil rights suit challenging Officer Anton’s conduct under the Fourth Amendment. Denty’s Fourth Amendment claim is:

The Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test uses which of the following required measures to determine an exercise threshold after concussion?

A patient post traumatic brain injury has been bothered by diplopia. Which of the following treatment strategies would be the MOST appropriate to address diplopia?

A physical therapist works with a patient who is in the initial stages of recovery post traumatic brain injury. Based on the typical synergy pattern experienced with upper motor neuron disorders, which of the following muscles would MOST likely be affected by spasticity?

The Chicago Police Department obtained a warrant to arrest Al Page. The officers assigned to execute the warrant went to Al’s house to execute the warrant. The officers did not knock and announce their presence. Instead the officers approached the door of the house, used a heavy battering ram to break in the door, and entered immediately upon breaking down the door. Inside the front room of the house the police found Al watching what was clearly child pornography. Al immediately turned off the television and stood up. At Al’s trial the child pornography should be:

A patient with Parkinson’s disease (stage IV on the Hoehn & Yahr scale) is referred to physical therapy due to increasing frequency of falls at home. They made some progress toward therapy goals over the course of 8 weeks to improve transfer ability, balance, strength, and ambulation, but after an additional 4 weeks of therapy, no further progress has been demonstrated. Throughout the course of therapy, they have noted continued fluctuations in their on/off time of motor symptoms and ongoing difficulty with freezing and festination of gait which affects the ability of their spouse to complete the strengthening, stretching, and balance program with the patient at home. What is the most appropriate action for the physical therapist to take?