Yes for the safety of caregivers
PATIENTS, FAMILIES SHARE WRENCHING STORIES OF INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION
JAN. 31, 2014, 6:50 PM BY MORGAN TRUE
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Family members spoke of the terrifying and sometimes violent episodes of psychosis that precede involuntary commitment, which can involve police, handcuffs and occasionally harm to the patient or others.
"IIn my experience, a patient who is involuntarily medicated, with the proper medication, will calm down and be allowed to be escorted back to their room within 15 minutes,” she said. “To allow someone to languish in four-point restraints for that amount of time is inhumane in my opinion.
“Putting a person in the hospital and then not being able to treat them, among my colleagues and I, is unconscionable,” she said.