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You are the resident medical officer in a regional Western Australian emergency department at 2 am. Police have brought in a 34-year-old man found walking along a highway. He says a broadcasting network is transmitting instructions through his teeth and that he must keep moving; he has eaten little for four days and is clinically dehydrated. He refuses blood tests and says he will walk home. His brother has arrived and offers to sign anything required. The on-call psychiatrist is contactable by telephone. Which one of the following should you do now?
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