(April 9, 2017 at 3:17 pm)chimp3 Wrote:(April 9, 2017 at 3:00 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: Yes and no. While a person cannot be institutionalized against their will without a court order, a 72-hour hold without one is perfectly legal.Not without substantial evidence. I have attempted to send people threatening suicide to the State Hospital. One was actually jamming a sharpened paper clip into his wrists. Repeatedly. They go in, get interviewed, and are sent right back to the institutions where I work. I know of 2 that were successful at suicide within a few days after we sent them home. 72 hour holds are still legally defined and confined.
That just tells me that something is being missed, either within the institution/process itself or by clever deception on the part of the patient.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
