Why are mental health patients strip searched in mental hospitals here in the USA?
Why are mental health patients strip searched in mental hospitals here in the USA?
I was recently involuntarily hospitalized for a week, and during the admission/intake process I was strip searched and forced to shower. I’m not here to complain, I’m just wondering why they have to treat us like prisoners?
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I mean to be fair if you were involuntarily hospitalized, you actually were a prisoner.
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Shouldn't have been since I didn't get charged with a crime
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I agree, but what else would you call being forced into a facility you can't leave? Especially if the pigs brought you there. The way people in crisis are handled in this country is appalling.
I have been in several mental health crises that I should have been in involuntarily hospitalized for, but was too afraid to ask for help because I would rather die than lose what little freedom I have. So I might be biased (and very bitter).
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