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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with a serious mental health breakdown? by 93po on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @10:44AM (#42127002)
Agree with this - calling the cops on him is a harmful action even if the intention was a positive end result. If this is in the US, you just pointed violent people with firearms at your friend, and asked them to use violence against him. I would never trust someone again who did that to me.
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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with a serious mental health breakdown? by Atotalnoob on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @12:53PM (#42128311)
Hang on, op didn’t call the police, they called a crisis team who are trained professionals.

Those professionals, for better or worse, chose to include the police.

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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with a serious mental health breakdown? by 93po on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @09:09PM (#42132438)
we all know cops come with these situations, it's effectively the same thing, it's more that the crisis team came with the cops.
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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with a serious mental health breakdown? by qwer1234321 on Thursday November 14, 2024 @03:15AM (#42134110)
I thought the same thing, why not calling family first and let them provide help...
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