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agent_tits t1_j1x18w5 wrote

Maybe I’m just sorta in a bubble but I’ve never heard of this being a concern for people. More just that they can’t make the time, find the energy, or the money to pay for mental health services - or they are skeptical of medication or therapy based treatment effectivity.

I also think that, for the majority of people in the state seeking mental health treatment, there’s no (general) risk really at all of being involuntarily committed, because they’re suffering from ongoing malaise-type disorders like depression and anxiety.

Even if they’re in a depressive crisis, they still have their wits about them - but also they’ve never sought general therapy/psychiatric treatment before, so why would they make a call to emergency services if they felt suicidal?

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