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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Unfortunately there is a good chance he's right. Unless she actually does something violent to herself or others, there is no way to get her committed. Even if she threatens violence, it's probably 50/50 at best that she would be taken in by the police to see a doctor. And then it's 50/50 at best whether the doctor will choose to commit her, or just turn her back out to the street.
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I was successful in getting one of the people I was helping committed, but they didn't keep him for long. If as the patient you acquiesce to what the doctors want you to do, which is not hard to do if you don't actually want help, you can get out of there pretty quickly. That's fair, too. The doctors have limited resources and should be focusing on the people they can really help versus the people that don't want the help.