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  2. '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 ...

  3. 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.

  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. Involuntary commitment - Wikipedia

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    The creation of this hospital, as of many others, was largely the work of Dorothea Lynde Dix, whose philanthropic efforts extended over many states, and in Europe as far as Constantinople. Many state hospitals in the United States were built in the 1850s and 1860s on the Kirkbride Plan , an architectural style meant to have curative effect.

  6. 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.

  7. 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 ...

  8. He heard voices. He bought a gun. Now he's accused of ... - AOL

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    However, California hospitals are required to report admittance for mental health crises to the state Department of Justice, experts said, and these so-called 5150 holds trigger a five-year ban on ...

  9. Bam Margera - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, Margera was forced to put his skating career on hold due to bone spurs and worsening alcoholism. After a five-year hiatus, he returned to skateboarding casually, resulting in a renewed partnership with Element Skateboards to celebrate the brand's 25th anniversary in 2017, by re-releasing a series of ten of his most memorable deck designs.