> Many people in mental health crisis fear that if they dial 988, law enforcement might show up or they might be forced to go to the hospital.

> But getting sent that kind of "involuntary emergency rescue" happens to around 1% of callers, suggests new data from Vibrant Emotional Health, the administrator of the 988 Lifeline for suicide and mental health crises.

hilariously an hour ago | parent [-]

If anything I did had a 1% chance of involuntary committal I would stop doing that thing immediately.

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hx8 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think that's the right way to consider your odds of involuntary committal. It really depends on what you say in the calls. The more immediate and serious the danger the more likely you are to be involuntary committed. The caller range is quite large.

	▲	JohnFen 5 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		So that means you have to watch what you say if you call such a line. That seems risky enough to discourage me from calling if I were in such a state.

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ceejayoz an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Does that include “untreated suicidal ideation”?

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hilariously an hour ago | parent [-]

Yep, as someone who suffers from depression and suicidal ideation regularly its been made very clear to me on multiple occasions that I would rather be in this state than interface with involuntary committal. I don't know what points you are looking to score here.

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ceejayoz 44 minutes ago | parent [-]

I have several loved ones in the same situation, including two who've wound up in hospital in this way. I'm glad they did.

Fun? No. But better than dying.

	▲	hilariously 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I get it, I am not advocating to live unmedicated or anything, but pretty much every emergency medical experience I have had any contact with in the USA has been so universally painful and dehumanizing that it gives me extreme pause, I would not willingly engage with it.