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Keep in mind that calling this phone number literally just has police/ambulance sent to your location to 5150 you and put you in an involuntary 3 day psych hold
by s5300 6y ago
Keep in mind that calling this phone number literally just has police/ambulance sent to your location to 5150 you and put you in an involuntary 3 day psych hold.
You're just better off just voluntarily commiting yourself to a psych center than calling this number. Unfortunately reality, honestly.
- jlokier 6y agoDo they also send you a medical bill for your involuntary hold afterwards too? (I seem to recall a comment about this some time ago, but maybe I imagined it.) Edit: Searched to find it. Didn't find it, but found this story which seems similar (7 days, $16k, personal bankruptcy): https://www.vox.com/2016/2/11/10952078/mental-health-bankruptcy https://www.vox.com/2016/2/11/10952078/mental-health-bankrup...
- s5300 6y agoYes, it can be upwards of tens of thousands for the initial 5150 - the ambulance ride (in which you'll likely have two of - one to a hospital, one to a ward) can be $1500 alone. And, because we're in the U.S., if you do have slightly decent insurance, a fair amount of centers people will be sent to will literally work to keep you in there as long as your insurance keeps paying. It's an absolutely special sort of fucked up that doesn't have a fraction of the light shed upon it that it should. I've been friends with more than one person that have worked in psych wards for more than a year and the blatant fraud they tell me of is just insane.