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

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    Alternatively, a 5150 can be extended to a 5250, which is a 14-day hold. (Other states have different names for the process of handling people deemed in a mental health crisis.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 ...

  5. 'Jackass' alum Bam Margera placed on 5150 hold amid addiction ...

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    Alternatively, a 5150 can be extended to a 5250, which is a 14-day hold. Bam posted an alarming rant last week The former MTV star threatened to smoke crack until he's dead unless Nikki allows him ...

  6. Involuntary commitment by country - Wikipedia

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    The patient can only be recalled to hospital twice for two fourteen-day periods in the six months that it lasts. [ citation needed ] If a community order is not suitable (for example, due to the risk posed by the patient to themselves or others), a s30 Inpatient Treatment Order can be applied for, where the patient is either in hospital, or on ...

  7. List of hospitals in California - Wikipedia

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    An enlargeable map of the 58 counties of the state of California. This is a list of hospitals in California (), grouped by county and sorted by hospital name. In healthcare in California, only a general acute care hospital or acute psychiatric hospital, as licensed by the California Department of Public Health, can be referred to as a "hospital."

  8. Napa State Hospital - Wikipedia

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    Napa State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Napa, California, founded in 1875. It is located along California State Route 221, the Napa-Vallejo Highway, and is one of California's five state mental hospitals. Napa State Hospital holds civil and forensic mental patients in a sprawling 138-acre campus. According to a hospital spokesperson ...

  9. Lanterman Developmental Center - Wikipedia

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    [7] [4] In 1953, the named was changed to the Pacific State Hospital. [4] [8] In 1979, the name was changed to the Frank D. Lanterman State Hospital and Developmental Center, named after the California State Assemblyman Frank D. Lanterman who fought for the civil rights of developmentally disabled people. [4]