Civil Commitment Analysis

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The first criteria for civil commitment is assent to treatment. Assent to treatment means that the person who is assenting only needs to recognize the situation they are in but not necessarily know the consequences of the situations. As far as the court is concerned, all the patient needs to agree to is that they are being put into the hospital to get better. The court offers the opportunity to sign a voluntary admission for the person to be put into a mental hospital as a voluntary patient. As a voluntary patient, the person must be 3 days’ notice to the hospital before leaving and no medication is forced (unless an emergency occurs). In the case of a person who does not sign to become a voluntary patient, they are admitted (if the other

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