Are the laws going to be changed so that disturbed people can be institutionalized without their consent?
Some years ago the parents of a disturbed teen went to Court, begged the Judge to put their son in a mental institution.
He sent the family and the boy home with instructions to the son to ‘behave himself.
A few days later the son murdered a little girl who came to his door selling girl scout cookies.
We are at a crossroads when it comes to locking up people against their will.
I worked with someone who had the same problem with her son, she was scared to death of him, had all sorts of disorders. Killed the pets etc, tried to stab them. I mean they were terrified of him. I used to listen to her at work on the phone with the state trying to get him in an inpatient facility.