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  2. Involuntary commitment - Wikipedia

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    Commitment proceedings often follow a period of emergency hospitalization, during which an individual with acute psychiatric symptoms is confined for a relatively short duration (e.g. 72 hours) in a treatment facility for evaluation and stabilization by mental health professionals who may then determine whether further civil commitment is ...

  3. Lanterman–Petris–Short Act - Wikipedia

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    Under California Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) 5150, an individual can be involuntarily placed in a locked psychiatric facility for an evaluation for up to 72 hours. Any peace officer or specific individuals authorized by a county government may place the hold.

  4. What is a 5150 hold? The involuntary mental health ...

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    Amanda Bynes was placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold on March 20. The All That star, 36, who struggles with bipolar disorder and was in a conservatorship for eight years , reportedly flagged down ...

  5. Involuntary commitment by country - Wikipedia

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    Section 8A provides that any person, aged 18 or over, who has seen the proposed patient within the last 72 hours, may apply to the Director of Area Mental Health Services (DAMHS), to have that person seen by a psychiatrist, against their wishes. The person must be a danger to themselves or others, or be unable to care for themselves.

  6. Amanda Bynes placed on 72-hour psychiatric hold in California

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  7. Involuntary treatment - Wikipedia

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    A number of civil and human rights activists, anti-psychiatry groups, medical and academic organizations, researchers, and members of the psychiatric survivors movement vigorously oppose involuntary treatment on human rights grounds or on grounds of effectiveness and medical appropriateness, particularly with respect to involuntary ...

  8. Amanda Bynes placed on 72-hour psychiatric hold in California

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  9. Kendra's Law - Wikipedia

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    Kendra's Law, effective since November 1999, is a New York State law concerning involuntary outpatient commitment also known as assisted outpatient treatment. [1] It grants judges the authority to issue orders that require people who meet certain criteria to regularly undergo psychiatric treatment.