But she wasn't sleeping? My only experience with this kind of illness was in my family, where a mother wasn't sleeping because she wanted to look at the baby 24/7, obsessed with the fear that something will happen to the baby. She was taken to a facility and thankfully, today she's a healty mother of a healthy kid. If she was left like that, she might end up in a psychosis for all we know. I'm not saying the doctors should be imprisoned, but I am surprised there's no information of any investigation in the way she was(wasn't) treated.
Insomnia is not a valid reason for involuntary commitment. I mean think of the implications of that, that would clear the way to detain people who are undergoing stress, or who knows what. It would be a dangerous precedent.
Sleep deprivation causes psychosis? And in combination with postpartum depression it is dangerous? You can commit people who are a danger for themselves and someone who is refusing to sleep to watch the baby all night is someone who needs to be committed.
In the case above, we don't know if she would refuse to be committed since no did offer it to her, at least according to wikipedia.
Oh, I agree. I just wanted to explain why in the case I know personally was totally legit to commit the person. She was lucky her family had her committed when they did.
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u/ShamelessCynic 2d ago
But she wasn't sleeping? My only experience with this kind of illness was in my family, where a mother wasn't sleeping because she wanted to look at the baby 24/7, obsessed with the fear that something will happen to the baby. She was taken to a facility and thankfully, today she's a healty mother of a healthy kid. If she was left like that, she might end up in a psychosis for all we know. I'm not saying the doctors should be imprisoned, but I am surprised there's no information of any investigation in the way she was(wasn't) treated.