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Mental Health Information

TexasBushwhacker

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4. In Texas it's 72 hours

Reply to antigop (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 10:06 PM

Jul 2015

Before the 72 hours is up, the person has to be taken before a judge who considers the evaluation of the mental health professionals and the persons own testimony. The judge then either allows the person to be discharged or that they be kept and treated for a certain period of time, after which they will be reevaluated.

My dad was bipolar and I had to have him picked up once because he was having paranoid delusions and building an arsenal of weapons. In his case, he agreed to stay at the hospital voluntarily, but then after the 72 hours he could have voluntatlily left too. He did stay for 3 weeks though.

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Need help -- emergency order of detention [View all] antigop Feb 2015 OP

I would bet that each state has different laws. NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #1

I ditto what SKP said. elleng Feb 2015 #2

The laws are different in every state. cbayer Feb 2015 #3

In Texas it's 72 hours TexasBushwhacker Jul 2015 #4

so how exactly does this work (in Texas)? antigop Jul 2015 #5

If a person was held against their will for more than 72 TexasBushwhacker Jul 2015 #6