Vorpal wrote:661-Pete wrote:Does the US of A have anything equivalent to our Mental Health Act? And if so can a person be Sectioned under it?
It varies form state to state, but most states have a law that allows a judge to require someone to be institutionalised for mental health care.
Ah - I'm remembering now. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Don't know what state that was set in, nor whether it was typical of US mental health treatment in the 1960s/70s. Hope not - with the sole exception of the need to deal with the T-monster somehow....