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  2. Lanterman–Petris–Short Act - Wikipedia

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    The Lanterman–Petris–Short (LPS) Act (Chapter 1667 of the 1967 California Statutes, codified as Cal. Welf & Inst. Code, sec. 5000 et seq.) regulates involuntary civil commitment to a mental health institution in the state of California. The act set the precedent for modern mental health commitment procedures in the United States.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Suicide watch - Wikipedia

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    Suicide watch (sometimes shortened to SW) is an intensive monitoring process used to ensure that any person cannot attempt suicide.Usually the term is used in reference to inmates or patients in a prison, hospital, psychiatric hospital or military base.

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

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    5150 is the number of the section of California's Welfare and Institutions Code which allows a person with a mental challenge to be involuntarily detained for a 72-hour psychiatric hospitalization.

  6. Amanda Bynes Reportedly Placed on 72-Hour Psychiatric Hold

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    The hold allows someone who is experiencing a mental health crisis to be detained for 72 hours for psychiatric hospitalization because of a potential threat of harming themselves or others, or ...

  7. Involuntary treatment - Wikipedia

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    Once voluntarily within a mental health hospital, rules, process, and information asymmetry (the fact that healthcare providers know more about how the hospital functions than a patient) can be used to achieve compliance from a person in voluntary treatment. To prevent someone from leaving voluntarily, staff may use stalling tactics made ...

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