Wife is a small town doc. Tonight she reported everybody is feeling pretty stressed, but that the people that were already "not emotionally well" to start with have started to lose it. One woman got upset when her regular doctor was not available, went out to her car and came back in swinging a claw hammer around. Security came over and removed her.
I'd guess that involuntary commitment was the outcome. The problem is that there is an extreme shortage of psychiatric beds available during day to day conditions.... I can't imagine a good outcome for people with poor judgement and impulse control even during average stress times.... Beware little old ladies packing hammers in their purse.
