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What causes put into a psych ward?
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Multiple: When you are a harm to yourself or others, or it is deemed that you can not care for yourself without proper supervision or treatment.
Answered 4/19/2015
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Danger: If a patient poses an immediate danger to cause grave harm to self or someone else or is completely unable to care for self, and refuses necessary care, a doctor may commit them to a hospital . This is done to keep them safe and as soon as the risk is over, the patient is discharged. Patients don't need to fear they'll be hospitalized unnecessarily.
Answered 1/3/2019
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