Posted by Elizabeth on January 30, 2000, at 9:24:31
In reply to Re: The Gulag in America? Where? Not in NE, posted by Abby on January 29, 2000, at 23:30:33
> Where did this happen? In New England, especially in Massachusetts, it's nearly impossible to get people committed.
Is it really? I know that, the way the laws are set up, it should be, but I've heard all kinds of horror stories about people getting committed without, umm, due process.
> If you succeed, as we did in Maine with my mother, the hospital is likely to let the person go after a day unless they believe that the patient is violent or in imminent danger of committing suicide.
Again, not IME. In MA, if the person is committed involuntarily, the hospital can keep them for up to 10 days. Whether this happens or not depends on a lot of things, including (unfortunately) whether the person has private insurance.
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