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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:29 AM Original message |
Involuntary commitment? |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Under this Administration? |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sure, let's lock up another 2.2 million. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. There are involuntary commitment laws and procedures on the books, |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. What would be convincing proof? |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I don't know about other States..... |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I can't imagine what that must have been like |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Wasn't fun....... |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I understand your relief |
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LibinMo (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Here's what happened in my hometown yesterday: |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Clear and convincing evidence sounds objective but it really isn't. |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Maybe the laws could be made to be uniform |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. In Wisconsin law, anyone can call the police if they think another person |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Thanks for the info |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. To be honest, I haven't particularly followed the case, |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. Where can I read those accounts? |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I have dial-up |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. With emotions running high after VaTech |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The potential is there for abuses |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. No, it was because it was inhumane |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. It wouldn't have to be inhumane |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. it is necessarily inhumane to steal people's freedom because they are odd |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
20. A very, very, slippery slope. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's a difficult negotiation. I'd be in favor of something like |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Evaluation is always tricky. But, I agree with you and especially TN. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. That's so true. And that's why the mental health model |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
21. I cannot condone it under the current state of mental health care in this country. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. in a word no. |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. No. The mental health care system is broken, but this isn't how to fix it. nt |
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