How many Iraq and Afghanistan vets, who ever had PTSD counseling?
How many Iraq and Afghanistan vets, who ever had PTSD counseling?
How many Iraq and Afghanistan vets, who ever had PTSD counseling?
None, I hope, unless they have been adjudicated as a threat to themselves or others. In NY it takes two physicians, IIRC. It's called 2PC for two physician commitment. The first physician is the ER doc usually after the cops bring in a disturbed person for evaluation. The shrink gets a call to do the ER consult and verifies that the person is a threat to themselves or others. I believe submitting the commitment papers to a judge is just a formality.
About the only way to appeal that I see is that the diagnosis was missed, i.e. the person was delirious from another organic diagnosis, e.g. brain tumor, poisoned, accidental overdose, hypothyroid, etc., when the person stated that he or she wanted to kill themselves or others.