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Involuntary commitment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Involuntary commitment is the practice of using legal means or forms as part of a mental health law to commit a person to a mental hospital, insane asylum or psychiatric ward against their will and/o...
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Legal question: does pennsylvania allow family members have someone involuntarily committed for treatment of drug addiction? ... does pennsylvania allow family members have someone involuntarily committed for treatment of drug addiction? and if so, how and what is the law called?
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It's never appropriate when it's done for the convenience of someone besides the person being committed. ... "Thirteen mentally ill patients involuntarily committed to Bergen Regional Medical Center languished in the hospital's psychiatric unit for up to a decade, their cases forgotten and never revisited,
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Is it right to commit someone for treatment against their will? Is it sometimes necessary, or is it never appropriate?My personal opinion, for what it's worth, ... I feel that one should be involuntarily committed if one displays a blatant danger to one self or others. Not necessarily because "we are tired of Janey Doe".
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"Rogers' Law" establishes a process for the state to determine whether a patient involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility is competent to make decisions about medications and, ... adjusting for inflation would raise that cost today to $834. The cost for incarcerating someone at Northern Correctional Facility,
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