How does involuntary mental-health treatment work, and what rights do patients have?

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“We strongly believe that people with mental health conditions should be given the autonomy to make decisions about their own treatments,” said Anuja Kumaria, senior attorney at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley.

If you struggle with mental illness, you — like everyone — have the right to make decisions about your own medical care.

Could you make good choices? And even if you choose something your family, friends or medical providers don’t agree with, is it ultimately better that it’s your own choice? “We understand that family are important; they are the support systems often,” she said. “However, ultimately, when it comes to involuntary treatment, it’s the individual whose civil liberties will be jeopardized.”

He helps families struggling with loved ones who won’t engage with medical care. He said that putting his own son, who lives with schizophrenia, in a temporary conservatorship saved his life.

 

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Does California law also require that legal challenges to by an individual to their involuntary mental health treatment end in that person's personal health information becoming a matter of public record?

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This is oversimplified. When folks are experiencing a crisis they are not given the information for these alleged advocates in any sort of easy to navigate or accessible way. Once you are accused of something, you're pretty much fucked. It's even worse for folks who have kids.

this is terrible news

Except that their insurance coverage already has done that for them.

horrible

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