The Importance of Involuntary Inpatient Care

Neely: New York state has one of the most difficult barriers you have to clear in order to involuntarily commit someone for inpatient mental health care. "It puts a great emphasis on patient autonomy and therefore neglects the possibility that the patient's own condition" needs help, he says. Neely: I realize that Neely had been buffeted with support services in some ways but those services of the kind that are like, well, here, have this house or we give you shelter.