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Evening_Presence_927 t1_iy9jm2s wrote

Reply to comment by paulnbruce in New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily-- feelings on this.. by jojobean018

This isn’t help, though. Psychiatric stays at hospitals stabilize the patient and then discharge them. It doesn’t actually give them a means to stay stable. What they need is a house with supportive programs to keep them clean and give them mental health care.

Leave it to a cop to never realize that not every problem requires a hammer.

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jojobean018 OP t1_iy9movs wrote

So that's what I went through. I had a really bad reaction to a medication I was taking and stayed within 72 hrs. I was discharged and had an appointment with both my psychiatrist and psychologist. World outside of a hospital is much different than being monitored and taken care of buy the medical staff.

I do get that sometimes patients don't want to comply with medication (I've tried different ones and still can't seem to find the one that works for me), so I get that they would want to stop taking medication. However, it's not really productive if they are meandering around and aren't willing to getting help. Mental health is really tough :( This is all very tricky :(

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Evening_Presence_927 t1_iy9u8jy wrote

Sure, but my point is that “involuntary admission” is not actually gonna help people. You have the luxury of having insurance that covers both a psychiatrist and a psychologist. Homeless people don’t get that. Hence my saying. We need something more substantial and long-lasting than throwing them in a psych ward and pumping them full of anti-psychotics until they’re stable just to spit them back out onto the street.

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