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Laura's Law -- Might have saved Kelly Thomas.
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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 451879" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>I will for sure rattle beads for this cause. I understand that laws are made to protect mentally ill persons from abusive treatment and unfounded forced hospitalization. At the same time, I know first hand how ONLY persistence on my part got the doctor for my mother to continue to apply to the court for continued treatment after I had her hospitalized against her will as a danger to herself/others. She was to be released after 72 hours. I had it out pretty harshly with the doctor at the time about her pending release and I believe some comments of mine shamed him into utilizing the existing laws her to hold her, requiring him to apply for court orders to keep her until properly stable and a willing participant in her treatment plan for release. Our laws here are tricky and normally after that 72 hours our loved ones are turfed out unless they willingly remain inpatient. I wish more places would follow the lead of the law you wrote about and that communities would stand united to agree to utilize these types of laws to better treat those so ill they are unable to make good decisions about their treatment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 451879, member: 4264"] I will for sure rattle beads for this cause. I understand that laws are made to protect mentally ill persons from abusive treatment and unfounded forced hospitalization. At the same time, I know first hand how ONLY persistence on my part got the doctor for my mother to continue to apply to the court for continued treatment after I had her hospitalized against her will as a danger to herself/others. She was to be released after 72 hours. I had it out pretty harshly with the doctor at the time about her pending release and I believe some comments of mine shamed him into utilizing the existing laws her to hold her, requiring him to apply for court orders to keep her until properly stable and a willing participant in her treatment plan for release. Our laws here are tricky and normally after that 72 hours our loved ones are turfed out unless they willingly remain inpatient. I wish more places would follow the lead of the law you wrote about and that communities would stand united to agree to utilize these types of laws to better treat those so ill they are unable to make good decisions about their treatment. [/QUOTE]
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