(c) There is a reasonable suspicion to believe that a strip search is necessary to discover a health condition requiring immediate medical attention. Hagens Berman today filed an amended complaint against Puget Sound's Fairfax Behavioral Health alleging illegal patient stripsearches.The individual plaintiff was subjected to a strip and body cavity search on his voluntary admission to a civilian mental hospital pursuant to a standing order. Children and youth in Washington are subjected to strip searches in a variety of settings, including: In juvenile detention facilities. What was your very first strip search like? At times, an individual with a mental illness may need psychiatric treatment in a hospital. It is the policy of many psychiatric institutions to stripsearch all patients upon arrival. I worked in a psychiatric hospital and we did have to inventory patients belongings on admission. At the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting, a patient described a restraint that haunts him, more than eight years later. For my child in prison, being brought to the "infirmary" has meant demoralizing strip searches and isolation for 23 hours a day.