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Hospital procedure then dictated a formal request by the
social worker to be made in writing for involuntary
commitment and that a follow-up examination by a
certified clinician or doctor be performed to verify the
probability or likelihood of a mental disorder.
The social worker instead chose to falsely represent the
use of the voluntary commitment form and telling the
enforcement division to assist him because I was acting
unstable and may have to be restrained.
It was later found out that the zealous behavior on the part
of the social worker was motivated by a tragic incident at
the hospital only months before. A patient entered the
emergency room looking for someone to speak with about
her depression and after hours of waiting finally
committed suicide in the public bathroom.
Yet, only days later when my exact storyline was repeated
to a veteran psychiatrist, Dr. Albert Montgomery, the
observations were changed back to NORMAL and I was
discharged. An investigation into the conduct of the social
worker and a legal review of the hospital’s intake and
commitment procedures is ongoing.
According to a new study published in the journal BMJ
Quality & Safety in 2014, 12 million Americans on
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