if a person is deemed a danger to self or others by an MHP (mental health professional) they can be detained against their will, desire and belief system--for 72 hours.
at that point, when the 48 hour bracket arrives they can no longer receive forced injections (medication) because they have civil liberties and rights. the patient is given a piece of paper that asks to check off a 'box' of yes for meds or no for meds. my daughter was given a forced injection of haldol deconate within that 72 hour time bracket, therefore the hospital broke the law and no one fucking cares.
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that was in august of 2009
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in december of 2009
the mental health judge deemed my daughter a probable victim of society, not a danger to self and not a danger to others.
the hospital psychologist agreed and because there is no housing in this state for my daughter that will take her as she is, she is being sent to the state institution.
this is wrong, and no one will listen.
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Is it really necessary to labour the point that a person is just as likely to be exploited in one of these institutions, as they are in the wider community (eg, the wide use of powerful psychotropic drugs, in the UK, for the purpose of controlling dementia patients)? In fact, given that they are, quite literally, a captive audience, they are possibly even more vulnerable to exploitation. The system itself may be predatory, in a sense.
Logically, then, if the state has no alternatives, then it is necessary to arm Lindsay with the necessary tools to deal with this, seeing as one is not allowed to have the system operate to one's benefit... It's difficult to conceive that the system is deliberately making itself the enemy, but that appears to be the case, so badly does it fit patients' needs.
Matt
My heart breaks for you.
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