Re:Parents Break Teen Out of Mayo Clinic
by throwaway080383 on Monday August 13, 2018 @09:28PM
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We can't commit them because mental hospitals keep getting closed.
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Re:Parents Break Teen Out of Mayo Clinic
by crankylinuxuser on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @08:13AM
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Justifiably so. When a "hospital" has more power over penal settings and indefinite imprisonment combined with no oversight, its time for them to go.
I'm sure there is a good balance here, somewhere. But what we had and now have isn't it. A better balance feels like it should include a judge, 2 doctors with at least 2 hr patient time for each, and someone else that the patient knows.
Re:Parents Break Teen Out of Mayo Clinic
by throwaway080383 on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @11:21PM
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The hospitals aren't being closed due to some guilt over them bearing too many similarities to the prison-industrial complex. They're being closed to save money, and the patients are thrown out on the street. Quite the opposite direction of paying more doctors to help these people.