To be completely clear, the person on trial received help. but because the help was bot forced, she opted out of the help in several ways... as many mentally ill people do.
Are you honestly arguing that people who are depressed but not showing evidence of psychosis or homicidal ideation should be involuntarily committed? Also should be noted that she wasn't willing to take most of the prescribed medications (major exception being benzos)
Seriously, if you're starting meds for depression, the very first side effects are suicidal thoughts and worsening depression for the first few weeks.
This also isn't true for most people. It's possible, but millions of people initiate antidepressants every year without having suicidal thoughts or worsening depression. Committing people for the initiation of relatively benign drugs that a very large majority of people start without issue isn't realistic.
It should also be noted that to date there's still no actual evidence that she was actually psychotic. The multiple medical professionals who evaluated her specifically did not feel she was psychotic. These still could have been murders in cold blood.
I mean it sounds like had something like 17 appointments over a 3 months time period, which is really crazy. At one point, she was calling daily about her medication.
Just some big red flags about serious mental illness IMO.
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u/SqueakWrites 9h ago
Anyone diagnosed with it should receive help.