Redefine "gravely disabled" in the manner intended, so people who are in active psychoses get the care they need
Currently, when a person is having a psychotic episode and police intervention is needed to get that person to a hospital, the definition of "gravely disabled" is often misused, to avoid giving the person help. The definition was intended to get a person who can't make safe decisions hospitalized. Therefore, SAMHSA could help by making the definition include the notion of psychotic thought processes, irrational behavior, or making choices that would lead to self-harm.
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Catherine Mone
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Santhej
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Nobody should have the quackery of psychiatry forced on them.
If you have to use force to 'help' us, is it not clear we do not want your brand of so called 'help'?
But you know best right? we are not real people with civil rights.
