What is the legal fiction underlying offering someone "voluntary" mental health treatment as a prelude to involuntary treatment?
@luminousalicorn it's basically coercive because involuntary holds put you on a no-gun list and you look like you're not cooperating...
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@luminousalicorn so I guess the fiction is that you're freely signing in of your own will? competency to do that isn't usually in question -
@luminousalicorn the relevant law is the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanterman –Petris–Short_Act - 1 more reply
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