if someone is mentally sick, specifically suffering from depression and mild skizofrenia, does the hospital ..

Question

have the right to release them if the person claims they are okay and refusing further help.

this person is definattly not ok, they are very sick however when in the presence of doctors they fake it.

i really need help on this if you could help please let me know thanks.

partaining to state of IL

Answer 1

A person can be "held" in the hospital for up to 24 hours without consent if he/she is deemed by the doctors as posing a danger to himself or others. After the 24 hrs are up, the patient has to be released unless there is consent from either the patient or his guardian, or the hospital is able to obtain a court order.

Answer 2

like the others say, the hospital has the right to release them if they do not pose a threat anymore to themselves or anyone else. the usual holding time is up to 72 hours. people with schizophrenia are very hard to control, because the do not always display the symptoms. one moment they can be fine, then the next they can be paranoid and accusing people of things. but unless they commit a crime, there is nothing that can really be done. its sad, but true because they do hurt so many people and get locked up for a minute then released because they arent posing a threat anymore. i would suggest you call up a mental hospital and find out what the rules are exactly.

Answer 3

Not OK and needing to be committed are two totally different things. Schizophrenics walk around all the time. If they are not a danger to themselves or others then a hospital has no right to detain them. And yes, people can fake it when they are talking to the staff at an ER. They pretty much have to voice sucidal or homicidal thoughts or actions. Or they have to be so psychotic that they cannot care for themselves. It is very difficult for family and loved ones. But if this person does not want help then there is not much you can do. Be available to them but keep your distance.

Answer 4

i been on the 'inside' many times... and have been threatened many admissions too. i learnt the right words to say... to get out of that place, cause i hate it in there.

yeah, people lie and play games to get out, thats why its so important that if you suspect them to be a harm to themself... or someone else... that you tell the doctors... unless you do... unfortunatly.... doctors let them go.

its often the case... that if a patient does want out of hospital... but the doc... and others know they need to be kept in... that they put ya under the mental health act, and keep ya inside against ya will. not a nice situation to be in, but sometimes its neccessary to keep a person safe.

im from australia... so not sure how it all works there... but if you KNOW... that this person is not safe... call 911... they should responde.... and on your words... take them in.

Answer 5

if they can tell the docs that they won't hurt themselves, or others, (and have been elvauated be a psych doc, but only certain hospitals have these doc-s you have to know if it does or not if you are in a general hospital- they would transfer them to a special hospital to treat this sort of thing. If he get's admitted, that is) and is aware of what's going on around him, them no, they can't hold him against his will- if he has demostrated that he is a threat to himself or others, he will get admitted. ( I do EMS transfers so i see these guys a bunch but I'm not sure how things are in your area- that's how they are here in houston. tx)

Answer 6

Unless someone else has legal guardianship over them, the hospital has not only the right but the obligation to release them under those circumstances.

Answer 7

typically people can't be held in a hospital against their will unless they pose a threat to themself or others. And that is up to the doctor's to decide.

Answer 8

If someone is a danger to themselves or others, the hospital can get a court order to keep them or in other words...involuntary commitment.