On 4/27/13 4:50 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 4/27/13 3:48 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:29:19 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/c2xzcpa

Maybe we should go back to the days of simply locking up anyone a
doctor says is mentally ill.

It was the progressives who had that policy declared illegal in the
70s.


In many states, if a licensed therapist determines a person is a threat
to himself/herself or others, that person can be hospitalized for up to
three days for a full-blown psychological exam. After the exam, a judge
holds a hearing to determine if further hospitalization is necessary. It
sort of works like that, except there aren't enough beds or decent
facilities to take care of those who need the help, and judges are
reluctant for that and other reasons to require long-term hospitalization.

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If the laws are anything like those in MA, the person would have to
either kill someone somehow or commit suicide before they would be
considered a threat to others or to themselves. Had a series of long,
frustrated conversations with a state psychologist about this last year.



That's pretty close. And once the dangerously mentally ill are in a
long-term facility, fund and staff shortages might get them released too
early. In private hospitals, you're pretty much dumped out as soon as
your insurance is used up.