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  2. Amanda Bynes released from hospital, 3 weeks after being ...

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    She was taken to a nearby police station, according to TMZ, and a mental health team determined she needed to be placed on a 5150. The hold was reportedly extended and Bynes remained as an in-patient.

  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. 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.

  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. 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.

  7. 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.

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

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    Bam Margera has been placed on a 5150 hold after his family feared for his life.. According to TMZ, police found the Jackass star at Trejo's Tacos in Los Angeles on Sunday, and due to erratic ...

  9. 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 ...