Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Who Am I Discovery/Whitmore
Whitmore Alumni....Chris...Mr. Bean... Whitmore Former Stude
Antigen:
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"What is the Baker Act? I really don't know what this term means."
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Florida's involuntary commitment law
http://www.psychlaws.org/PressRoom/faqonbakeract.htm
Straight used the Baker Act all the time, but they didn't have to actually follow the guidelines because, like you, most kids never even heard of it. When I first heard about it, all they told me was that both my parents plus "Dr." Newton and one other program parent who may or may not have been a medical doctor could sign off and extend my intake "interview" to 48 hours. It was just pressure to get us to sign ourselves in. When I thought I could tough that out, then they threatened a 2 year court order. I thought I could do better than that, so I signed.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
--John Adams
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Anonymous:
Thanks for the explanation. That is a drastic measure to use to put a child in a treatment center,and it appears to really take the parent out of the loop too, as far as having any control about what is happening once the child is "enrolled." Very scary.
Whitmore Alumni:
Yea my parents baker acted me, sent me to the mental institution. It wasn't the best thing. I have a heart condition and the doctors think that I have V-Tac. This is where you can be doing anything and then just drop dead. My mom had it. But when I was there at the mental instituion they would give me all these pills to mess me p and then I would flip out and then they woul take me into a room ad give me a shot to where I was so messed up I would pass out. This wasn't the best thing for my heart. Also a kid that came in died three days later. But for advice to parents.... don't send your kid to a mental intitution.
Anonymous:
So you left the mental institution and then went to Whitmore Academy for a year? Suppose after a mental institution--Whitmore may have seemed better from your perspective, anyway?
Whitmore Alumni:
I don;t know I guess it is. I'm glad i'm home now though. I'm robably going to visit the whitmore pretty soon so im pretty excited. :grin:
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