Sentence examples for psychiatric hold from inspiring English sources

In California, anyone placed on a 72-hour or 14-day psychiatric hold and determined to be a danger to themselves or others loses gun rights for five years.

California has long had a statute that bars people from buying guns for five years if they have been deemed a danger to themselves or others and placed by the authorities on a 72-hour or 14-day psychiatric hold.

For example, in California, anyone who has been placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold for 72 hours in which they have been deemed a threat to themselves or others is barred from having a gun for five years.

Since the letter was published this morning, Cyrus has tweeted a screen grab of O'Connor's Twitter feed from 2012, and compared the singer to Amanda Bynes, the actress who was placed on psychiatric hold involuntarily this year after a series of incidents including setting fire to a driveway in Thousand Oaks, California.

Some weeks later, on January 31, the scene was repeated late at night when paramedics, the LAPD and a fire engine once more rushed to the camera-filled scene and carted Britney away to the UCLA Medical Centre's psychiatric care facility, this time at the behest of the Spears family and their psychiatrist, on a "5150 involuntary psychiatric hold".

He met no criteria for a mandatory psychiatric hold, but was offered the services of psychiatry, which he refused.

Amanda Bynes on psychiatric hold after allegedly setting small fire.

Amanda Bynes on psychiatric hold after allegedly setting fire.

Fun Fact: A bunch of other celebrities have been placed on psychiatric hold.

Amanda Bynes' parents have reportedly obtained a conservatorship for their daughter, who remains on psychiatric hold.

That's because, Foung said, people don't access as many health resources (ER visits, involuntary psychiatric holds) if they have preventative tools to manage their symptoms along the way.