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>I've seen plenty who met the seriously mentally ill without being a danger to themselves or others hospitalized at their own request.

Sorry, but for them to be admitted to a HOSPITAL, as this gent was, and in his previous lawsuit, he alleged permanent psyc damage, he would have to pass a three prong test.

He is mentally unsound. (There must be serious affect of the thought process or psychosis)
He is a danger to himself or others (If not a danger to self or others, pt is treated as an outpatient.)
His condition is such that he will not improve without hospitalization (no spontaneous remission, no raving drunk who will be OK when sober)

If the admitting physician, the doctor who signs the admitting orders, does not see all three, there can be no admission.

The mentally ill person you mentioned may not have confided a self or outwardly directed agression-danger, but the admitting physician must have seen it, or made a judgment that was there.

There can be no admission without it. It's that simple