Rapunzel: I read this when you first posted it, but since I don't have experience with the U.K. system, I wasn't sure what to say. Two years does seem like a very long time, and it seems clear that what they are doing in the program the woman is in is not working.

I don't have much familiarity with the UK system either and I admit to being stunned when I realized this woman had been held for more than two years -- especially given her diagnosis. I can't recall ever hearing of anyone else with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder who was hospitalized against their will for such a long period of time. I don't know all the details of course, but I am trying to scrape up some help for that mom. If that was my child in there, I'd be sick with worry and concern.

Thanks for your thoughts Rapunzel and also to IamTwilight. (I like your signature by the way.

~ Namaste