A perfect fit
A perfect fit
Ok kids, let’s review the requisites for involuntary hospitalization in the US (specifically regarding suicidal ideation)!
Do you:
Have a plan? ✔️
Have the means to carry out that plan? ✔️
Expressed the intention to carry out that plan in the immediate future? ✔️
If all of the above are true, then you better pack those bags! If not, you get to go home.
(That said, I’ve at least heard stories of some mental health clinicians apparently not understanding these minimum guidelines and committing people involuntarily regardless, so it may be worth it to review these guidelines with your clinician before too deep into it)
I’m good, how are you?
Before we go any further, let me explain to you the guidelines for involuntary committment for suicidal ideation.
Hmmmmm
"How have you been this week?"
"Counsel has advised me to not answer that question or questions that may imply an answer"