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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, our City Council needs to look hard at involuntary commitment and treatment. Also, as the center of govt. DC attracts a lot of paranoid /schizooid. We need to look at sending them home when possible, for care where they came from.[/quote] I think this is not just an issue for DC. The current standard for involuntary hospitalization is “danger to self or others”. While judgement about what that means might vary, having some other standard — just in DC — will quickly lead to court cases. At this point, a huge percentage of the mentally ill population is incarcerated. There are not a lot of treatment options for people who need wraparound services, particularly for people without top tier health insurance and money and family to fill in the gaps. There’s also not a lot out there for dual diagnosis patients. Tldr: Most cities need state and federal resources and policy changes to even begin to deal with these issues successfully. [/quote]
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