Fuck’s sake.

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    5 months ago

    Man walks into a psychiatrist office. He tells the doctor he speaks in an unknown dialect to a “god”. Is this person committed to an insane asylum? Why or why not

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      5 months ago

      Considering insane asylums don’t exist anymore that would be a no. But yes, they should probably be prescribed a mandatory stay at a psychiatric facility.

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        5 months ago

        So since insane asylum is not used anymore, you couldn’t go ahead fill it in with psychiatric facility? The pedantry never ends, making Lemmy less and less desirable

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      In the US, unless he’s a real direct threat to themselves or someone else’s safety, they would not be detained. People are allowed to be insane as long as they aren’t imminently a real direct threat to anyone’s safety.

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        What if they’re running around nude? Or screaming threatening profanities or making offensive gestures? Many other symptoms could accompany psychotic dillusions which would lead to being involuntarily committed