Dignity Bag project
My daughter went three days without a shower during her 72 hour hold, wasn't even offered one. Help me lend dignity to others like my daughter. We are looking for sponsors, contributions and volunteers.
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About the event
Dignity Bag project
72 hour hold : 5150 is the number of the section of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which allows a person with a mental illness to be involuntarily detained for a 72-hour psychiatric hospitalization. A person on a 5150 can be held in the psychiatric hospital against their will for up to 72 hours.
14 day holds: If your doctor places you on a 14 day hold, it is because he/she believes that you continue to be either a danger to yourself, a danger to others, gravely disabled or some combination of these reasons. It is called a 14 day hold because you may continue to be hospitalized involuntarily for up to 14 more days.
I understand. They wanted to die. They didn't want to exist anymore at all. But they, somehow, made it through an attempt, a cry for help; bottom line, great suffering, unimaginable suffering,…