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> The notion that psychiatric hospitals should be able to keep people there against their will is extremely suspect It is necessary to some extent because of t
by Jare 9y ago
> The notion that psychiatric hospitals should be able to keep people there against their will is extremely suspect
It is necessary to some extent because of the impact that mental and psychiatric conditions have on the will itself. But some patient-appointed external agent with formal qualifications and the power to balance decisions, even if imperfect, would go a long ways.
- DarkKomunalec 9y agoNecessary or not, no institution should have the power to imprison without all the safeguards of a criminal trial.
- outlace 9y agoEvery state does it differently but in California, you can be held involuntarily for up to 3 days just on the judgement of police or a psychiatrist but being held longer than that does require a hearing with a judge and an attorney where the patient, however impaired or not, can plead their case.