Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep...
by dragonwriter on Friday February 05, 2021 @04:21AM
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> No one is talking about the very big risk associated with this, that mental health professionals can commit you against your will with no trial
Police can arrest you and hold you against your will with no trial, for a limited period of time (e.g., 48 hours excluding Sundays and holidays is a common tule, IIRC), on the premise that it is pending charges for criminal behavior (which may or may not be filed.)
Mental health professionals (and, in many jurisdictions, law enforcement officers and others, too, can initiate this) can hold you against your will and with no trial, on the premise that it is for emergency psychiatric evaluation, for a limited time (72 hours is common.)
Further involuntary detention, in either case, requires judicial process.
I'm not seeing a particular additional danger here.
Police can arrest you and hold you against your will with no trial, for a limited period of time (e.g., 48 hours excluding Sundays and holidays is a common tule, IIRC), on the premise that it is pending charges for criminal behavior (which may or may not be filed.)
Mental health professionals (and, in many jurisdictions, law enforcement officers and others, too, can initiate this) can hold you against your will and with no trial, on the premise that it is for emergency psychiatric evaluation, for a limited time (72 hours is common.)
Further involuntary detention, in either case, requires judicial process.
I'm not seeing a particular additional danger here.