I had my fiance take me to the ER with mere passive suicidal ideation. I hadn't hurt myself. I didn't want to hurt myself. I just wished that I didn't exist. I had no prior history of any kind, either with suicidal thoughts or any kind of violence ever. I was taken in handcuffs via police car to a mental health facility under involuntary watch over the weekend.
Once I got to the facility, I was told that it's pretty much entirely at the discretion of the ER staff whether they think you pose a threat to yourself or others. The mental health professionals that I dealt with told me they thought the ER just didn't want to deal with a mental health case when I came in, because it was very unusual for a case like mine to be an involuntary hold with secure transport when I had come in voluntarily with another party to drive me.
Re: Ok, I'm just being a chatty bitch here-
Once I got to the facility, I was told that it's pretty much entirely at the discretion of the ER staff whether they think you pose a threat to yourself or others. The mental health professionals that I dealt with told me they thought the ER just didn't want to deal with a mental health case when I came in, because it was very unusual for a case like mine to be an involuntary hold with secure transport when I had come in voluntarily with another party to drive me.