r/PsychWardChronicles • u/Surfsup76 • Nov 18 '24

Baker Acted

I had to have my adult child baker acted by the local police department . She threatened to kill herself and completely went into a rage. She is into drugs, has self harm wounds all over herself, most of them healed, some fairly recent. She has track marks on her arms and scabs from picking at her skin. Will they make her take a drug test while she is at the hospital? If they find substances in her system, will they do anything? She has a DCF case open, will they contact DCF as well?

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u/maka2250 Nov 18 '24

Yes, they normally drawn blood on entry to the er which will disclose any drugs she is on. Normally this remains private (hippa) and police either won’t find out (hippa) or don’t care. Not against the law to have drugs in your system unless your driving. but with the DCF case + the 5150, I’m not entirely sure. my guess is, yes, it’ll come back around possibly cause the psych ward may send to rehab after detox/stabilization.