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I once got held in a mental health facility overnight thanks to a crazy ex telling the police I was a suicide risk.

OP, what could I have done(as an objectively uncrazy guy) to get out earlier? Was there any way I was going home the same day?

It really sucked, in case anyone wondered. The other people in there were crazy as [censored], I spent the entire time trying to sleep.

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Wow, this sounds really wrong. Maybe I was just lucky always working in a university hospital (or prison hospital) but NOBODY got admitted without seeing a psychiatrist (at least a resident). Even if the police brought the patient in, a doctor had to be willing to admit them in order for the patient to stay. Basically, nowhere I worked would have admitted you on the say-so of some random 3rd party. I did see patients involuntarily committed by a judge after relatives called the cops and filled out the appropriate forms, but I think they had to have 2 witnesses to the craziness sign some legal paperwork to do this. Obviously you could sue your crazy ex for this, but I'm sure it's not worth the effort.