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In New York, anyone can file a petition about someone else. You do not need a lawyer to file a petition. After a petition is filed, a judge will determine whether the person of concern is experiencing mental illness and engaging in disorderly conduct or conduct likely to result in serious harm to themselves or others.

New York's mental hygiene law, as it's written, allows police to take someone into custody for psychiatric evaluation if the person “appears" mentally ill and is “conducting himself" in a manner likely to "result in serious harm to the person or others.”

Like every state, New York has civil commitment laws that establish criteria for determining when involuntary treatment is appropriate for individuals with severe mental illness who cannot seek care voluntarily.

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If you are admitted in this way, you must be examined within 72 hours by a staff psychiatrist. If the psychiatrist confirms that you meet the requirements for involuntary admission based on medical certification, you may be kept in the psychiatric facility for up to 60 days.

In New York, anyone can file a petition about someone else. You do not need a lawyer to file a petition. After a petition is filed, a judge will determine whether the person of concern is experiencing mental illness and engaging in disorderly conduct or conduct likely to result in serious harm to themselves or others.

The Mental Hygiene Court is where people petition to have a person brought before a judge to determine if they need psychiatric help. These matters are adjudged based on the criteria of whether the person is a danger to themselves or to others.

As part of NY's Mental Hygiene Law, the court may appoint a guardian for the incapacitated person to help them manage their financial and personal matters if they cannot do so themselves. It is the court's goal to allow the incapacitated person as much independence as possible in making their own decisions.

5150 is the number of the section of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which allows an adult who is experiencing a mental health crisis to be involuntarily detained for a 72- hour psychiatric hospitalization when evaluated to be a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled.

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A person who has been found not responsible for a crime by reason of what the law calls mental “disease or defect” may be committed to a hospital by a court order under Section 330.20 of the Criminal Procedure Law.

The patient must: Be eighteen years of age or older. Be suffering from a mental illness. Be unlikely to survive safely in the community without supervision, based on a clinical determination.

In New York, anyone can file a petition about someone else. You do not need a lawyer to file a petition. After a petition is filed, a judge will determine whether the person of concern is experiencing mental illness and engaging in disorderly conduct or conduct likely to result in serious harm to themselves or others.

New York's mental hygiene law, as it's written, allows police to take someone into custody for psychiatric evaluation if the person “appears" mentally ill and is “conducting himself" in a manner likely to "result in serious harm to the person or others.”

Like every state, New York has civil commitment laws that establish criteria for determining when involuntary treatment is appropriate for individuals with severe mental illness who cannot seek care voluntarily.

888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355)

If you are admitted in this way, you must be examined within 72 hours by a staff psychiatrist. If the psychiatrist confirms that you meet the requirements for involuntary admission based on medical certification, you may be kept in the psychiatric facility for up to 60 days.

In New York, anyone can file a petition about someone else. You do not need a lawyer to file a petition. After a petition is filed, a judge will determine whether the person of concern is experiencing mental illness and engaging in disorderly conduct or conduct likely to result in serious harm to themselves or others.

The Mental Hygiene Court is where people petition to have a person brought before a judge to determine if they need psychiatric help. These matters are adjudged based on the criteria of whether the person is a danger to themselves or to others.

As part of NY's Mental Hygiene Law, the court may appoint a guardian for the incapacitated person to help them manage their financial and personal matters if they cannot do so themselves. It is the court's goal to allow the incapacitated person as much independence as possible in making their own decisions.

5150 is the number of the section of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which allows an adult who is experiencing a mental health crisis to be involuntarily detained for a 72- hour psychiatric hospitalization when evaluated to be a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled.

888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355)

A person who has been found not responsible for a crime by reason of what the law calls mental “disease or defect” may be committed to a hospital by a court order under Section 330.20 of the Criminal Procedure Law.

The patient must: Be eighteen years of age or older. Be suffering from a mental illness. Be unlikely to survive safely in the community without supervision, based on a clinical determination.