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Originally Posted by SoEnchanting
I was about to respond here and say that you can in fact hospitalize someone with a mental illness involuntarily, but then I went online and found out the Baker Act is only a Florida statute and not everywhere! Guess you learn something every day...
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Here is an interesting article...
The thing is, one cannot be forced psych ward hospital "INVOLUNTARILY"---UNLESS there is a severe crisis, such as those incidents that engage law enforcement and healthcare emergency...
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