Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment

Can't people be put into a psychiatric ward at some point?

My brother was hospitalized several times because of psychosis. While he didn't actually do any physical harm to us, he did threaten verbally, wave a knife and even grabbed me by the neck. In the small town my parents live in, a person I know also has delusional thoughts, he is now in jail for stabbing his father (while sleeping). Another kid in a nearby town stabbed his mother not long ago, also with mental problems. So, I don't know what my brother is capable of, but I don't thi

Not if they think you're mentally unstable enough to warrant them administering treatment, regardless if that treatment ends up being necessary or not.

I feel you're committing the fallacy of the excluded middle here. The current standard in which a person needs to present a danger to themselves or others also results in everyone within the mental health system being treated like they're one step away from being violent criminals, resulting in significant additional stigmatization. My best friend went through a mental health crisis earlier this spring and was involuntarily hospitalized for several weeks in virtually carceral condition

My wife works in mental health.What you describe is technically possible, but extremely rare. Even when someone is involuntarily admitted, the stay is typically capped.Generally, as long as an individual isn't harming other people, "the system" doesn't have a reason to pursue a judgement. Many of these people are isolated from family/support systems or have nobody to actually care or advocate for them.Further, many of them have complex cases. While treatment may

In my country you have to be an imminent danger to yourself or others. Even then the police might release you after questioning, because they might not recognize you are delusional or psychotic. In the case you do end up in psych ward, you are free to walk out unless the psychiatrist gets a court order. Also, every time they put someone in restraints, it has to be documented. The worst thing is meds like haldol, that make you a walking zombie, and are hard to recover from and can cause nasty sid

> They can't just commit people because they talked to them and decided hey lock that guy up.They're free to assess you however they want and then use that as an excuse. Who is going to argue with and stop them? The judge? Your lawyer? Someone else who lacks a medical degree and "psychiatric expertise"?There are so many ways it can go wrong for you. Maybe they thought you said something you didn't. I was once accused of making suicidal statements that I n

Go out and learn about what happens in mental hospitals. My ex was schizo-affective, and I've spent some time in some of the hospital wards and the system and stuff. If a child or adult was there because of something like ADHD, it wasn't the sort of thing you are describing. Folks there are generally dealing with things that the rest of us couldn't imagine going through properly - as attested by your attitude. Severe depression, anxiety, bipolar, severe addiction, and other such t

My relative had mental breakdown and was forced to go to the psychiatric hospital. After few years it repeated because he stopped taking his prescribed pills and now he does not want to go there himself, logical reasoning does not work at all. It's a terrible situation, calling medics and forcing person to go to the hospital does not sound like a good idea, because he'll hate you for that and keeping it unchecked might do no good either. Neuroleptics are not harmless, they make person

True, but it used to be a crime in many jurisdictions and i you're open about it you can be forcibly placed in psychiatric care in many places right now.