Posted by yxibow on November 22, 2007, at 16:13:56
In reply to Re: Righteous Raving Loon or just Raving Loon, posted by Squiggles on November 20, 2007, at 8:01:36
> > > Don't know what the laws are there but can you commmitt someone for 72 hours there like here for observation? Phillipa
> >
> > Yes, and can follow with a 15 day hold for some period of time, I don't know all the laws.
>
>
> That may be a good thing in case of emergency -
> agitated depression or mania for example. One hopes that this isn't a police procedure with some of the really heavy-handed tactics that
> have happened in arrests and prison incarceration. Mentally ill people living on the street for example, or people on medication but
> forgetting and withdrawing, and
> acting off in an airport are often confused for
> terrorists and may be tasered. Semi-voluntary would be best; asking the person to be escorted
> to a hospital or clinic, sedated and observed in collaboration with doctor or relative.
> This is for extreme suicidality-- i think it may
> save a life.
>
> Squiggles
>Hospitals for legal reasons and to not interfere with staff have limited visiting hours, this is just a matter of fact.
A hold doesn't have to be and has faded away from (at least here) putting people in isolation booths or strapping people down provided 1) The hospital is fairly modern, 2) The patient voluntarily agrees to take calming medication ad 3) The staff don't think the patient is in an immediate danger to themselves or the other patients on a shared wing (e.g. someone on PCP)
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