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Emergency Admission Involves admitting a mentally-ill individual, already present in a hospital, into a psychiatric care facility. The individual must not be held for longer than 72 hours.

(1) Who presents a danger or threat of danger to self, family or others as a result of the mental illness; (2) Who can reasonably benefit from treatment; and (3) For whom hospitalization is the least restrictive alternative mode of treatment presently available.

Basic Overview: An LCSW may initiate a 72-hour mental health hold for an individual. However, an LCSW may not resolve such a hold; that is may not remove the hold or begin the commitment process.

(1) The person is 18 years of age or older. (2) The person has a documented mental condition. (3) The person is reasonably expected to become dangerous to self or dangerous to others or otherwise unlikely to survive safely in the community without treatment for the person's mental condition.

A petition for involuntary hospitalization must be filed by a family member or other concerned individual in the District Court of the county where the person to be hospitalized lives or is present at the time of filing.

If your physician feels that you present a danger or a threat of danger to yourself or others, your physician has the right to hold you up to 48-72 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) and to start court action against you to force you to stay in the hospital.

Only a physician can authorize seclusion or restraint. His/her order must be documented and should be time-limited. (Indiana Code sec. 12-27-4-2).

A petition for involuntary hospitalization must be filed by a family member or other concerned individual in the District Court of the county where the person to be hospitalized lives or is present at the time of filing.