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Well you can try. From the post it sounds like she "just" (it was obviously not easy) walked away. I don't see that she involved a psychiatrist or tried to get

by kriro 11y ago

Well you can try. From the post it sounds like she "just" (it was obviously not easy) walked away. I don't see that she involved a psychiatrist or tried to get outpatient treatment (whatever that is called in the US) awarded. AFAIK the latter can be gotten if the person is diagnosed and not living safely, I'd say that's certainly possible. http://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/legal-resources/hawaii http://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/legal-resources/hawai... I'm probably misunderstanding the post but she had no problem publishing the pictures initially and talks a lot about how hard everything was for her. Apart from the happy end there isn't much about "what did I do to change the situation for him". The time spans are odd, seems like she "just" went on with her life and let him wander about until he finally collapsed. Once again I'm not trying to say she's heartless or anything but the post is fairly gut wrenching to read. There's too little information on the concrete steps taken to help him.

kaitai 11y ago
Nope. For your assisted outpatient treatment, for instance, you must show that the person "have a history of non-compliance with treatment that has: been a significant factor in his or her being in a hospital, prison or jail at least twice within the last thirty-six months or [] resulted in one or more acts, attempts or threats of serious violent behavior toward self or others within the last forty-eight months; and be unlikely to voluntarily participate in treatment; and be, in view of his or her treatment history and current behavior, in need of assisted outpatient treatment in order to prevent a relapse or deterioration which would be likely to result in: a substantial risk of physical harm to the patient as manifested by threats of or attempts at suicide or serious bodily harm or conduct demonstrating that the patient is dangerous to himself or herself, or a substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as manifested by homicidal or other violent behavior by which others are placed in reasonable fear of serious physical harm" etc. So if he hasn't showed that he's going to harm himself or someone else, there's no help from our health care system, whether the government or insurance. No one will admit him and no one will pay for it. Trying to forcibly or bodily move the guy would be a crime for the daughter. http://mentalillnesspolicy.org/aot/assisted-outpatient-treatment-guide.html http://mentalillnesspolicy.org/aot/assisted-outpatient-treat...

by kriro 11y ago

kaitai 11y ago

Nope. For your assisted outpatient treatment, for instance, you must show that the person "have a history of non-compliance with treatment that has: been a significant factor in his or her being in a hospital, prison or jail at least twice within the last thirty-six months or [] resulted in one or more acts, attempts or threats of serious violent behavior toward self or others within the last forty-eight months; and be unlikely to voluntarily participate in treatment; and be, in view of his or her treatment history and current behavior, in need of assisted outpatient treatment in order to prevent a relapse or deterioration which would be likely to result in: a substantial risk of physical harm to the patient as manifested by threats of or attempts at suicide or serious bodily harm or conduct demonstrating that the patient is dangerous to himself or herself, or a substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as manifested by homicidal or other violent behavior by which others are placed in reasonable fear of serious physical harm" etc. So if he hasn't showed that he's going to harm himself or someone else, there's no help from our health care system, whether the government or insurance. No one will admit him and no one will pay for it. Trying to forcibly or bodily move the guy would be a crime for the daughter. http://mentalillnesspolicy.org/aot/assisted-outpatient-treatment-guide.html http://mentalillnesspolicy.org/aot/assisted-outpatient-treat...