kgeaux
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It's not easy to commit someone even if they are a danger to themselves or others. Money and insurance are a huge issue.
This story hits very close to home for me..... and scares me at the same time.
Money and insurance are ridiculously important in cases like this. A young man I know was threatening suicide, was brought to the emergency room of a local hospital. He had no insurance, but the hospital was obligated to keep him until he was "stable" or until a bed could be found in a mental health facility.
No mental health facility would take him, all claimed to be full. At 12:30 AM, a doctor walked into this young man's treatment room and asked "Are you going to kill yourself RIGHT NOW?" Young man says "not right now" and they walked him to the exit of the hospital ALONE, in the middle of the night, with no shoes, no coat, no money.....
Our system seriously stinks regarding treatment of mental health issues.
God bless this mother, her daughter AND her son. He sounds like a tortured soul.