I had an experience similar to WikidPissah went to the ER for some stitches, made the mistake of telling them the truth the doctor tried to talk me into self admitting myself into a psych hospital, but I said I wasn’t suicidal and that a psych hospital would do me more harm than help. After he stiched me up a nurse I saw him talking to a nurse, he made her sign the paperwork to have me committed. After the sheriff’s officers showed up to take me away, the Doctor came up and got in my face started to say this was all my fault and that this was always going to happen. I was just in shock I didn’t respond, I was thinking “so all that BS you told me about it being my choice was a lie” maybe I could understand that part but why come over and confront someone you just decided was “mentally unstable” would have been so much simpler to just walk away. One of the Sheriffs got between us, his back to me, and told the doctor to “back off” the other officer gently grabbed my arm and quietly said “let’s get out of here” and I let him lead me out the door, cuff me and drive me to the psych hospital. I didn’t agree at all with what was going on but knew fighting would just make things worse. Was made to strip in front of a group of nurses, given scrubs to put on, then put into a room, told I wasn’t allowed to use the bathroom unescorted, and they spent the night checking on me every 15 minuets. When I finally saw a doctor the next day released me immediately.

I thought about suing the ER Doctor, intentional infliction of emotional distress, for his TOTALLY UNNEEDED confrontation with me but decided it would be too much bother.

This sort of thing happens WAY too often.