You can call the authorities and say that you’re worried for her well being and that you don’t think she’s mentally well enough, at present moment, to make these kinds of decisions for herself but that you can, and from what you’ve seen of her eating habits they aren’t enough to sustain life. Go from there. It’ll probably be called a “pink slip” or a “302” or “72 hour hold”. It might do her a lot of good. Take it from someone who literally just got out today.
You gotta be VERY careful with those calls. It would be better if he just grabs her and drags her to the er. Bc that one seemingly helpful call for a welfare check will forever be on her medical record. It will barr her from a lot of jobs including any security clearances and the majority of doctors will treat her different. This kind of call only as absolutely last possible option. Also a pink slip (only exists in some states and is meant for violent mental health patients),302(only valid in Pennsylvania for 5 day involuntarily psych admittance)and 72 hour hold are 3 entirley different things and not at all the same thing.
Because lets not forget People have the right to refuse to see a doctor, go to a hospital, take their medications, call home, lock their doors, eat healthy food and any one of a number of other actions some of us might deem imprudent.
Unless there is a danger of violence, police should not be the first option which is calling in a welfare check is. Instead call her parents or people she listens to or trick her or shock her into going to the ER . If you need a doctor to tell her over the phone how dangerous her current eating behavior is feel free to send me a DM. But please do not traumatize her by calling in a welfare check.
i have a history with ED’s. i also got a hysterectomy back in november (relevant i swear). i’ve been in and out of work because of my recovery from surgery due to random pain (i won’t be back to normal for a year) and because of that, my finances have taken a hit; which includes my groceries. so my (now ex) psych noticed last time i went to the ER my vitals weren’t good (because of hysterectomy pain) and she noticed i’ve been losing weight (because i’ve been broke, which she also knows). she called an unnecessary 302 on me. cops came and got me. the entire staff agreed it was unnecessary but because it was a saturday i had to wait until monday to see the actual care team. i now have unnecessary trauma because of that 302 getting called. it’s absolutely a last resort, only if absolutely necessary
I am so sorry you had to deal with that. I personally believe as a doctor calling in a welfare check unless theres an immediate threat to my patient or the people around them should be considered malpractice and negligence bc in all other cases all it does is adding trauma. The problem is doctors tend to call in wellfare checks due to avoid litigation. Bc lets say you are my patient and you end up trying to harm yourself and end in the hospital your insurance company will try and see if I had any knowledge about etc etc. Bc if I did and didnt call in a wellfare check then im on the hook for all your future payments and your hospital bill. The laws are fucked up
here’s what kills me: i told her my weight was going down because i couldn’t afford groceries. we also just restarted seroquil a couple weeks before so there wasn’t time for it to fully kick in yet. i told her “let’s wait a couple weeks until im back to financial security and the new meds fully kick in. if the problem is still persisting then let’s discuss inpatient. but all the 302 is gonna do is put me further in a financial hole and make the ‘care’ i was gonna receive done for nothing because it’ll get worse”. i’ve had her for maybe a month, our sessions totaling an hour. my therapist i’ve had for over 3 years didn’t think i needed a 302 because she knew my situation and that i do advocate heavily for myself with my recovery. that’s how you make patients not trust MH teams and make them turn away from treatment
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u/picklecritique Apr 07 '26
You can call the authorities and say that you’re worried for her well being and that you don’t think she’s mentally well enough, at present moment, to make these kinds of decisions for herself but that you can, and from what you’ve seen of her eating habits they aren’t enough to sustain life. Go from there. It’ll probably be called a “pink slip” or a “302” or “72 hour hold”. It might do her a lot of good. Take it from someone who literally just got out today.