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Involuntary admission to mental ward
Mar. 11th, 2012 06:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snowynightHi! Thanks for your help the last time and I have a question.
Time and place: New York, current time.
Background: A single mother lives alone with her son. One day she reports that the child's missing. A detective find her child as described. But the mother doesn't acknowledge him, saying that he's a fake despite compelling evidence, and behaves very agitated.
Question: In what situation will the woman be involuntarily admitted to the mental ward? I google this string of words but I only find that a legal guardian or a psychiatrist (she's not seeing one) can do that . So in the above case how can it be possible?
I'll be grateful for any pointer.
Time and place: New York, current time.
Background: A single mother lives alone with her son. One day she reports that the child's missing. A detective find her child as described. But the mother doesn't acknowledge him, saying that he's a fake despite compelling evidence, and behaves very agitated.
Question: In what situation will the woman be involuntarily admitted to the mental ward? I google this string of words but I only find that a legal guardian or a psychiatrist (she's not seeing one) can do that . So in the above case how can it be possible?
I'll be grateful for any pointer.
