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Yeah, but you can literally be 72 hour psych holded with absolutely zero contact with the outside world by the decision of a single, simple psychiatrist. That's
by s5300 6y ago
Yeah, but you can literally be 72 hour psych holded with absolutely zero contact with the outside world by the decision of a single, simple psychiatrist. That's arguably worse than being secretly arrested.
- gumby 6y agoYeah that’s a good example of extrajudicial punishment. Well, a terrible example, but “terrible” in the sense of its abuse. I wonder how 72 hours can be constitutional when arraignment is typically supposed to be 24. Perhaps it’s like fingerprints, where assumptions rather than science dominate. The idea of a brief psych hold is reasonable on some platonic level (I’ve had friends have psychotic breaks who were far better off not being in a conventional prison) but the reality, and the opportunity for abuse are far from that ideal.
- R0b0t1 6y agoThere's stories/news articles about psych facilities and hospitals that feed them with patients to get government money and insurance money. Then people are kicked out at the end of two weeks. Some judges are complicit in this, they go along with whatever the medical staff says.
- Mirioron 6y agoThe amazing thing is that these kinds of rules that allow for involuntary commitment are pretty standard in the West. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_commitment_internationally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_commitment_interna...
- hutzlibu 6y agoNot only this, but you can also get forced medication. And once inside a mental clinic, it can be hard to get out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment