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Should have spent that therapy money on alcohol instead (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you're a danger to yourself or others, police can detain you with an APOWW, which stands for Apprehension by a Police Officer Without a Warrant, and hold you until you are deemed safe at an "appropriate" mental health facility. (Most of these places are horrible tbh. Usually filled with the homeless and genuinely mentally ill/unwell people). Back in my EMS days I would dread running calls to these places.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can confirm. Currently in EMS, we call them Baker Acts in my neck of the woods

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 4 points 1 month ago

Yup. Had to Baker Act my mom once for a suicide attempt actually. It really fuckin sucked.