true then who pays for it? i heard if you do you can leave anytime but if that were true then wouldn't a lot of homeless people commit themselves in the wintertime?!
2007-11-25 18:07:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
i can think of a few homeless people that seem to act like they need it,. but then again who am i to judge,.
2007-11-25 18:13:30 · update #1
what happened to Reagan after he signed that bill to throw out the insane i wonder,. probably the same thing that happened after he went to the NRA meeting!,,.. yeah i think the answer is one in the same!
2007-11-25 18:24:06 · update #2
that's fiction - In the US, unless you have insurance they're not gonna take you. We used to have hospitals for mentally ill people who could not afford insurance but President Ronald Regan signed a bill that closed down all those places. Thats why we have so many homeless.
2007-11-25 18:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by teriod 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Commit yourself to what? If you were to show up in an E.R. and say you're 'suicidal', they'll process you and have you evaluated by their on call psychiatrist. If they feel you will do harm to yourself or others, they will commit you (at least to a short period of time to discover your problems) but you can walk out until they actually evaluate you. Once evaluated and commited, then you can't just walk out until they feel you are capable of taking care of yourself. If you were committed as a teenager to a treatment facility, once you turn 18, unless you are suicidal (and you're other problems aren't considered serious enough for commitment by themselves), you can then leave. If you commit yourself to a facility for drug abuse (not from law enforcement placement or commitment by a phsychiatrist), you can walk out at any time. Commitment to a mental health institution will always have your release hinging upon whether or not you are determined to be suicidal or cause harm to others (no matter who commits you) and the mental health problems you are facing and where you're at in their treatment plan. A lot of other issues hinge upon who will be paying the bill for the treatment so there are many answers to your question depending upon the scenario. Movies don't always get into the different scnearios. I did like the movie, "Girl, Interrupted" with Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder. Sorry I couldn't be more difinitive.
2007-11-25 18:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A person who has an independent source of money can self-commit themselves. So, can someone with medical insurance and covers commitment. Otherwise, the only way you can get committed is by a court order and then you can't leave until you're told you can.
2007-11-25 18:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by mollyflan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The hospital charges the patient admitting themselves whether they commit themselves or are commited. The hospital charges the patient or the patients family and barring everything else they charge Medicare. You have to have a mental disease or affliction to be allowed to be placed in a mental institution. Psych evals and psychologists prod you for about three hours and tests are begun. There is no faking. Movies aren't reality.
2007-11-25 18:13:03 · answer #4 · answered by espressoaddict22 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that health insurance would cover it but I don't think any homeless people have health insurance.
2007-11-25 18:10:23 · answer #5 · answered by Brynn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can ASK a psychiatrist to commit you, but if he doesn't think you're commitable, he won't.
Richard
2007-11-25 18:10:38 · answer #6 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋