This sort of thing worries me...I could easily end up in that position. That is why I was quite glad that when I was in the psych ward I had a social worker and she basically just made sure I was being treated ok, that i knew my rights and to help if they tried forcing me to stay or something since I was there voluntarily...it made me feel a little safer.

Not sure I have much advice of what to do to help her though...looking into what rights she has and maybe taking legal action as has been suggested is the best sort of option...but yeah it's easy to kind of get a bit confused and lost in a psych ward so one can lose track of what rights they really have and that they can still take legal action or challenge their commitment or how they are being treated...its easy to end up feeling helpless and like others are in complete control. I was only in one 5 days and it started having that effect on me.