I’ve met a few psychiatrists who think that Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a lazy diagnosis and extremely dubious.

I know from my attitude people think I hate them all. It’s not that way. My parents just sent me from sleazy shrink to shrink as a kid and used the threat of commitment as a lazy cop out whenever they lost an argument.

A lot of parents these days just don’t have a grip or have any idea how to discipline children and expect the shrink and psychiatric drugs to fix all the problems.

When a shrink sees a parent without a damn clue about parenting they know they got one who will keep coming back and paying more because the problems won’t stop.

It sounds like you were diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder as a kid based on what little I've read from you in this thread. Not a conventional mood disorder or psychotic in anyway which is definitely shakey grounds for commitment as has hit or miss efficacy. The legal argument is often that it's done in good faith and does have some merit in reducing future criminal behaviors for a lot of patients. Most just grow up and stay mad at the system unfortunately.

Also just as an aside. The judge deemed that my cousin’s commitment wasn’t valid. He immediately left the hearing and killed himself. YOU DONT KNOW SHIT.

You didn’t provide any details. I’m sure that you presented as a harm to yourself or others. I have no interest in continuing to talk to you. Have a nice day.

I worked there for years. You're a liar and probably someone who's unwilling to accept consequences for their words/actions.

Newsflash

Even just Having a mental disorder in and of itself is NOT GROUNDS FOR COMMITMENT

Please see: 50 PS 7301(b)

Being “disrespectful and acting out” can be a sign of early bipolar disorder. Again you do not know what you are talking about. Your experience is not everyone’s.

It’s all subsidized based on your income. I get me and my kid covered for 250 per month total which saves me 700 per month (and the coverage is twice as good).

Stop screwing over the ones that are there for a good beginning.

Well I’ll tell you this.

In my personal experience the doctors blatantly disregard the law.

I had to spend $5000 to get a Bullshit involuntary commitment off my permanent record

Being disrespectful and “acting out” is not cause for a commitment. The judge saw that.

My parents were limp wristed and the doctor didn’t have the fucking stones to say “I can’t help you. Please leave”

Sometimes you need to acknowledge basic human liberty

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And them just killing themselves is obviously the better choice!! They should actually just hand a gun to everyone whos chronically suicidal! It’s not fucking black and white. For every story like that there’s 100s who’s lives were saved. Don’t be so closed minded.

There are literally not enough beds for all the people that need help. They try to send as many people home as they can. You have absolutely no fucking idea what you’re talking about.

Sometimes your “help” does more harm than good

Ever looked at the side effects of these drugs? Ever TALKED to someone forced to take high doses of them for years? It ain’t pretty

Keep spreading bullshit you don’t know shit about so people don’t get help. Just know there’s blood on your hands.

I’ll raise you Crozer Chester Medical Center where basic human rights are a mere inconvenience

Oh please

The staff at these hospitals encourage family members to make shit up all the time to make a patient committable when they find another family member “inconvenient” And want to get them out of the house for a while but they don’t meet the criteria

This is the 1/1,000,000 stories of psychiatric abuse that actually came to light

Want to hear more? Check out r/antipsychiatry

Psychiatry is the only area of medicine where the “doctor” can make everything up and if you challenge him, you are “crazy”

It is a farce to generate profit

Randy Deshong in Huntington PA. He did my fiancés hand poke cross. Check out the Deshong Facebook for examples

Go after people that have degree not in teaching and give them the training and incentives. You have less pension debt because they don’t put in as many years and they are mature and can handle a lot of the stuff teachers have to deal with today.

This great experiment known as America is coming to an end. So, soon it will be every man, woman and child for themselves. You can thank the woke crowd for this eventual outcome. There will be no need for teachers in a lawless, dog eat dog world.

That was my first thought as well. They were trying to cover their ass on poor patient treatment which wouldn't be surprising.

Pay them what they're worth, make sure they have what they need to do their job, and treat them with decency and respect.

Pay them more money. And have career paths that don’t end up with just classroom teaching for 25 years. That’s boring.

If you have any sort of medical condition or disability. (And I’m serious, any medical condition that needs to be managed in order to be able to maintain your ability to work.) you may be interested in applying for MAWD through the state’s Compass portal.

MAWD (medical assistance for workers with disabilities) is a special category of state funded medical with a significantly higher income limit than traditional Medicaid. This year’s limit is $36,459/year AFTER all allowable deductions. And 50% of income is disregarded. So a single person making $73k/year could still be eligible.

The catch is that it’s not free like traditional Medicaid. You pay a monthly premium of 5% of your monthly net income after all deductions. Someone making the absolute max to be eligible would pay at most $152/month plus small copays.

MAWD