Ok, so many have said “due process” is required.
Describe to me “due process” in regards to mental illness.
Is a mental health Dr. standing before a judge, making his/her case to confine their patient for two more weeks, against their will, though no crime has been committed, considered “due process?”
Don't know what the formal process is nowadays or is in other areas, but in this area it used to be when the police were called over someone with probable mental illness issues causing a disturbance, they were first taken into custody and usually locked up until two MDs (general practitioner met the legal requirement) visited and conducted a brief interview with that person. If deemed mentally ill by MDs, transported to a mental institution and medicated for a specific amount of time, then released.
