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

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    The term "5150" started popping up in entertainment news a lot in the 2000s, tracing back to Spears's struggles, and became absorbed into the celebrity lexicon. However, long before that, Van ...

  3. Amanda Bynes Placed Back on 5150 Psychiatric Hold After Being ...

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    The 5150 can be employed to involuntarily detain an adult experiencing a mental health crisis for 72 hours to determine if they are a danger to themselves or others.Bynes was detained by police ...

  4. LAFD calls on city to end pilot program that sent health ...

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    A pilot program that sends mental health workers to 911 calls in the city may soon end. ... including writing so-called 5150 holds to temporarily institutionalize people at risk to themselves or ...

  5. Lanterman–Petris–Short Act - Wikipedia

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    Individuals are provided an attorney and a county court officer reviews the evidence for the hold presented by the hospital, hears the argument of the client and their attorney, and decides whether or not to uphold the 5250. Just as with the 5150 hold, during the 5250 hold, the individual is continually being assessed by psychiatric staff.

  6. Political abuse of psychiatry - Wikipedia

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    5150 (involuntary psychiatric hold)" – There are many instances of usage of California law section 5150, which allows for involuntary psychiatric hold based on the opinion of a law enforcement official, psychological professional (or many other individuals who hold no qualification for making psychological assessment), which have been ...

  7. Britney Spears conservatorship case - Wikipedia

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    She was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center amid paparazzi attention, [27] [28] placed under a 5150 involuntary psychiatric hold, and had her mental state evaluated. During the hold, Spears lost visitation rights, and Federline gained sole custody. [29] Spears was released after 24 hours when doctors determined she was stable. [30]

  8. 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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