Woman Detained In Hospital For Weeks Joins Lawsuit Against New Hampshire
Imagine you are forced to go to a hospital to receive psychiatric treatment that you don’t think you need. What rights would you have?
That’s the question at the heart of a legal battle between the state of New Hampshire and the American Civil Liberties Union.
The case has big implications for New Hampshire, but it also highlights a nationwide problem: A shortage of mental health beds is leaving patients stranded in emergency rooms for days or weeks at a time.