I have a friend who escaped from a mental hospital just yesterday. She is currently staying here at my house. My question is should I try to take her back even though she is adament about not going. I don't want to betray my friend, but I know she needs the help right now.
2007-06-28 10:29:28 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
You are in a difficult situation. I realize that you don't want to betray your friend, yet you said that you know she needs the help right now. I think you should try to talk to her about getting help so that she can feel better and feel more like herself again. Listen to her and how she is feeling and try to explain to her that she is so important to you that you really want her to go get help so you can do all the fun things you used to do together. You may need to speak to a family member of hers, depending on her age. I would really try to steer her towards going back to the hospital and promise her that you will be there for her, come to visit and be there when she's ready to come home. It sounds like she is a little afraid right now and she's lucky to have such a good friend as you to be able to turn to. I wish you both the best of luck.
2007-06-28 10:40:28 · answer #1 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If a bi-polar person is not legally committed to the hospital, then they can leave anytime they want. If they are legally committed to a psychiatric facility, there is security to keep people from escaping, but its not as tight as a prison. What's unrealistic about your idea is escaping when a patient is depressed - not likely to happen - too much effort, but a person in a manic state is very difficult to keep locked up. What's more likely is that some takes off during a manic phase, runs wild for a day or two, then crashes into a depression without their meds. Then a suicide is plausible - this actually happened to a person i knew. .
2016-04-01 09:27:50 · answer #2 · answered by Sharon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she has the skill and ability to escape from the confines of a nuthouse, I would like to be on her side. At the risk of your own flouting of the law.
In England, you will have to wait until a weekday morning and then ring up the solicitor that deals with Mental Health cases. And you have to get the right one.
Some of the behaviour of the mental health professionals in England is well short of common decency, so you may find support.
I do not know about America.
2007-06-28 11:20:57 · answer #3 · answered by Perseus 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Call the hospital and find out what they sugest, I would take her back but you can't do thsi if she os kicking and svreaming!
She needs help help and you need to find a way for her to go back safley. If she is your freind then she sould understand (later when she is better) that this is something you had to do for her welfare and beacuse she IS your friend.
Its a tough call but you know what needs to be done its just a matter of finding a way to do it, ring the hospital or another hospital and get some advise on how to handle things.
Good luck, its always hard when doing the 'wrong' thing is truely the RIGHT thing at the end of the day....
2007-06-28 11:36:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The best thing for you to do is call the police and have them come and get her. If she truly needs the help, then you are not betraying her but helping. Plus, if you don't get her back to the hospital it could hurt her mental state worse. No medications for one, and just stopping them can have bad side effects. Have the police come and get her. It's whats best.
2007-06-28 10:39:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
People who are in mental hospitals against their own volition, are usually there because they present a serious risk to themselves (e.g., suicide) or to others. Most good mental hospitals provide a safe place to therapeutically intervene, ameliorate emotional distress (e.g., with psychotropic medications) and quickly help the person stabilize so that they can return to the community, their loved ones and friends.
As you have said, she needs help and she may not be able to help herself. Be her friend.
2007-06-28 10:46:45 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i had to sneak my dad into a mental hospital once. i told him we were going for a ride and we had to pick up meds direcatly at the hospital and when i got in there i just said "homicidal" because he told me was going to kill me and he tried to poison me.
so my answer is yes take her there. as hard as it is, if she needs the help, than you are being the best friend anyone could ask for. its okay.
2007-06-28 11:28:34 · answer #7 · answered by dirtyturkies 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately, yes, she should be taken back. She may tell you that she hates you now, but once she is truly ready to be released, she will thank you for helping her. Just stand by her and tell her that you care too much about her to allow her to be outside of the hospital right now.
It may be easier to have an ambulance come and take her to the hospital rather than to force her to go in your car.
2007-06-28 10:39:18 · answer #8 · answered by Rahrah 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Call the police NOW!!!
Confidentiality goes out the window when a person may harm themselves or others.
It appears she needs some type of treatment.
Not being in treatment may be very harmful to her.
Let the professionals decided.
2007-06-28 10:40:11 · answer #9 · answered by Devon 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
we tend to use that friend word to loosely i think you should talk with her and tell her why you need to take whatever action that you decide. apparently you are not afraid of her but seriously you need to think about your on safety what meds. what happen when she dont get themyou have to sleep i think you should have her removed if not by the parents then by the law....my opinion
2007-06-28 11:16:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋