But what exactly constitutes severe though? keep in mind this is the federal government we are dealing with and I question whether they really have the best intrests of the mentally ill in mind....leaning towards further limiting the rights of the mentally ill via bringing back widespread institusionalization and looking for signs of certain mental illnesses to force treatment on individuals under the basis that they might become violent all to 'protect' the public is a dangerous line to be walking and it seems that is exactly what they are doing.