No, I don't think forced psychiatric commitment should be banned. I doubt many people who are legitimately mentally ill would be peach keen about the idea of being 'forced' into a psychiatric commitment if we insisted on running it by each and every single one of them, which would potentially put the public as well as the individuals in danger as a result.
I'm sorry about your misdiagnosis but did you ever think about taking it up with hte clinician, or maybe getting a second opinion?
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I agree, I was misdiagnosed for psychosis at 14, turns out I just had Asperger's and was really anxious in stressful and social situations, which wasn't exactly ideal for being locked up in a hospital for months before they could figure out what was wrong with me
The question lies in margin of error. If you were just unlucky, no, but if it's a common error the practice definitely has to be reevaluated.
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As someone who worked in a counseling center and has been through treatments myself, we have to have those things in place. If someone is a threat to themselves or others we need to be able to get them treated. Forcing someone to be committed is a difficult process and almost always it is recommended to ask them to go themselves due to your concerns. I'm sorry that you were wrongfully diagnosed but normally the opposite is true. Normally people that need to be committed are not and end up severely hurting themselves or others.
I do not think that the answer can be a simple yes or simple no. Nowadays way too many things consider "not normal" and way too many people diagnosed with all sorts of "conditions". On the other side there are people who have serious mental problems and can be a danger to others and themselves. In an ideal world in my opinion the society would not attribute an illness to everything different and would recognize the "not normal" from the harmless different. And would admit only the really serious cases and try to help them instead of just using drugs to keep them under control and almost vegetate them
If the person is a danger to themselves or others, then something has to be done about that. We should strive to avoid misdiagnosis and to treat people as fairly as possible, but there are cases where people simply can't make that choice on their own.
This is the third question this week I have seen on this from you. I already stated my opinion on the first one. Someone doesn't get wrongly committed. There's always reason why someone does whether it turns out to be something or nothing. There was obviously reasons in your case for having to be put into psychiatric care for the time being.
Depends on the problem. You might could sue for unnecessary detainment though. If you weren't diagnosed, it was a waste of money and time. Like, why? Haha. Good luck!
You might have been the exception but there are lots of people who need it.
no, a lot more people should be committed
I am getting bored of these questions.
Nope. Better safe than sorry.
Depends on the situation.
Certainly not banned.
u shouldn't banned it.
no in some cases it is necessary
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