Re:Why do they still make car alarms? (2015)
by lotsofpulp on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @12:03AM
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There was also a few court cases in the 70s and 80s that made it very difficult to involuntarily commit someone to a mental institution. Some of them are:
If a mentally ill person doesn’t want to stay in a mental institution, authorities basically have to wait until they cause significant harm to be classified as dangerous before being able to do anything.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Connor_v._Donaldson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addington_v._Texas
If a mentally ill person doesn’t want to stay in a mental institution, authorities basically have to wait until they cause significant harm to be classified as dangerous before being able to do anything.