Posted by Triolian on September 27, 2006, at 10:09:00
In reply to Re: Suicide Attempts » Triolian, posted by yxibow on September 27, 2006, at 0:24:33
> Assuming you're in the United States, and you were not under a PCP induced rage or anything of the above, you have the right to sue the hospital. That is totally improper practice -- the pepper spray and isolation room, provided you simply walked into the hospital and said I feel suicidal. If there's something left out of this case, I can't comment.
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> The 72 hour hold is a standard in most all states -- that is for your own protection. But that is a regular, unrestrained hold in a locked part of a psychiatric institution. Once the 72 hours are over, you are either turned loose or better yet referred to additional counseling in the unlocked section of a ward.
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> So pepper spray, tasers, leather restraints, and other medieval devices are not part of a 72 hour suicide hold. Ever. The hospital would lose its JCHAO evaluation. Unless they were specifically using it on a patient in a unrelenting PCP psychotic rage armed with a machete.
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> JayThe hospital was in South Carolina, and I can't find a lawyer in SC who will touch the case. They won't sue a hospital because it costs to much. I field a complaint with the state of SC and they "found no wrongdoing". (Of course not).
I even enlisted the aid of Dr. Thomas Szasz to no avail. I'm now reading his book "The Manufacture of Madness" which compares the present state of mental health care to the Inquisition and the persecution of witches. It was originally written in the 1960's, but it rings true today. Nothing has really changed. Instead of physical restraints, we now have chemical ones.
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