IhavenoFREAKINclue Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 I need to get my mom committed into a psychiatric hospital. She's flipped her freakin lid. Saying she wants to kill herself. Calling my BF parents cause we were kissing outside. "Do you know what you son and my daughter are doing? He's 24 and I'm 21! Are ya kidding me? She really need to be put away. There's A LOT more things but I won't bore you. Now what do I exactly do? Call them and tell them what to make them come get her. she needs to be put away. She thinks shes invincible and nothing can ever happen to her. My brother and I are also going to take her to court for using our SS #'s and screwing us when she didn't pay for the things she out in out name. But she doesn't think anything will happen to her and she needs a swift kick in the ass. Link to post Share on other sites
TUDOR Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 If you still live at home I would start by getting out of there so that she can't interfer in your life as much. Link to post Share on other sites
Author IhavenoFREAKINclue Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 No I don't live with her but my brother does. I feel for him. And if you don't know he's kind of a loser and can't live on his own to get out. He just called me and told me that my mother wants a restraining order against him cause he didn't do the dishes Link to post Share on other sites
TUDOR Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Not sure what to tell you, maybe she does need to be committed. In reference to your ss# being used by her I would call the credit bureaus and put a flag on your ss# so that any attempt to open any account in your name must be verified with you before it can go through. Link to post Share on other sites
Author IhavenoFREAKINclue Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 I need to know who I can call. Who I can talk to. What she has to do to be committed. All the good stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
Outcast Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Call her physician and tell him you're very concerned about your mother and tell him (her, whoever) about all the reasons you are worried. She could be suffering from some physical problem that is affecting her thinking. My mother once had a kidney infection and it made her loopy. Try to get your mom to her doctor asap once you've spoken to him. Tell her you're concerned for her health. Link to post Share on other sites
suegail Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 What you have to do is go to a court and fill out the paper work stating the reasons why she is a danger to herself or others, for instance, delusional, thinks people are 'out to get her,' has made threats, you sign it, they stamp it and show it to the judge and if he or she thinks it sounds pretty serious they take the person into custody, place them in a psych unit for a 10 day period during which there will be a formal hearing at which you MUST appear, and by that time the person has been evaulated by the psychiatrist who also gives a testimony as to if the person is in need of a court ordered time of treatment - - there again, a judge decides. Link to post Share on other sites
Outcast Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Surely this requires more than someone going to a judge and filling out papers! If that were true, then people would be getting other people committed all the time! Link to post Share on other sites
Rosalind Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Here's how it works where I live : You call the provincial mental health authorities, and they pay a visit to the sick person's home, accompanied with a police officer, because they have no way of knowing if the person will get violent. They do a brief evaluation to determine the person's mental state. They ask if the person is willing to be hospitalized...if the answer is "no" then they give instructions on seeing a psychiatrist the very next day (they have doctors available who handle these types of crisis situations). The psychiatrist will determine the method of treatment that's required, and again hospitalization will be suggested (though still optional at this point - UNLESS the patient is considering suicide)...the doctor will also prescribe meds. The surest way to end up in the pysch ward is to not follow through...not showing up for the appointment and flatly refusing any help. The mental health team will come knocking again, and this time they bring a shrink who takes you in to be committed. Link to post Share on other sites
Author IhavenoFREAKINclue Posted July 28, 2005 Author Share Posted July 28, 2005 Thanx so much guys! That's exactly what I was looking for! Outcast, My mother is an Alcoholic so maybe some sort of liver disease is making her act so off the wall. I'll call the people you said Ros. Great advice! Thanx a bunch! Link to post Share on other sites
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