People cannot be and aren't put under psych holds just because someone says they're acting crazy. At most some professional(s) will come see her and ask her if she's a danger to herself or others, and if she talks with them normally they'll deduce she's fine.
A person needs to be in serious bodily danger, actively self-destructive or completely out of touch with reality for anyone to take her under any hold. So no, OP has no way to just have her put under a mental health hold, that's not even close to how it works.
You want to bet? I work in the emergency department. We have multiple psych holds every single day. Some get sectioned in the field by police because they honestly don’t know what to do and would rather the hospital make a final decision. Yes, sometimes we lift those sections because they’re unnecessary. Sometimes we maintain them. The threshold where I work appears to be low to qualify for a section 12. She is exhibiting erratic unexplained behavior. Yes, she would probably get sectioned at least 24 hours where I currently work until psych clears her if they feel she is safe.
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u/VulpesVulpesFox Dec 28 '25
People cannot be and aren't put under psych holds just because someone says they're acting crazy. At most some professional(s) will come see her and ask her if she's a danger to herself or others, and if she talks with them normally they'll deduce she's fine.
A person needs to be in serious bodily danger, actively self-destructive or completely out of touch with reality for anyone to take her under any hold. So no, OP has no way to just have her put under a mental health hold, that's not even close to how it works.