Monday, January 16, 2012

What are grounds for involuntary hospitalization?

I know someone can only be taken to a hospital against his will if he is a danger to himself or others. If you arrived at a disturbance call where a man had previously punched a hole into wall out of anger but was calm and cooperative when authorities arrived, would the hole in the wall be grounds to judge someone as a danger to himself or others? The person who called 911, his wife, stated to police that she felt the man should go to the hospital but never stated that he threatened/enacted physical violence toward himself or anyone else.

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