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The bar for dragging someone away by force for potential involuntary commitment is pretty damn high. It's way above making an appointment with a psychiatrist a
by LanceH 10y ago
The bar for dragging someone away by force for potential involuntary commitment is pretty damn high. It's way above making an appointment with a psychiatrist and moving further if he skips the appointment.
- mzs 10y agoIt depends on where you live to some extent, but it goes like this where I live (I know cause it happened just like this). A (in this case well-meaning good) kid calls the police saying your kid is suicidal. The police and paramedics show-up to your house. You and your kid say all is fine, SI has passed but paramedics say a LCSW needs to make the call, police agree. They strap your kid to a stretcher and go to hospital. There you learn that a social worker cannot make the call unless your kid is sure to not be in an altered state (like say high on drugs), so you need for a nurse to draw blood and wait for results. A doctor looks at the test results showing no substances and calls for the LCSW. A social worker shows-up speaking to you and your kid separately. The social worker now needs to consult a psychologist and the doctor on call. The doctor on call discharges your kid from the ER. Clearly this can be abused, but I'm happy it's the way it is.