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Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25
Literally the same thing for me. I asked to go to the ER but somehow the psych hospital wouldn’t accept me unless I was involuntary. I got sent to a hospital about an hour away from me and the whole time I thought I was voluntary but I just found out by reading my discharge paperwork that I was
Considered involuntary there as well! I don’t get it, I was begging for help.
Thankfully I’m usually able to control myself so I didn’t have to get a shot.
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So what is the legal oversight around this (in the states). This is interesting, I know the UK law around mental health pretty well and there are all sorts of safeguards
in principle, although in practice I also know the MHA and MCA can still get misused on occasion. Is there any sort of legal determination of capacity for example, representation, advocacy etc?