{"id":2515,"date":"2020-11-05T21:55:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T02:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2515"},"modified":"2020-11-07T23:16:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T04:16:41","slug":"in-the-matter-of-j-p-involuntary-hospitalization-case-decided-by-sjc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/in-the-matter-of-j-p-involuntary-hospitalization-case-decided-by-sjc\/","title":{"rendered":"Involuntary Mental Commitment addressed in recent Massachusetts SJC decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts statute allows for a person to be involuntarily hospitalized for an extended period of time if a physician or police officer believes that the person is a danger to themselves or others as a result of their mental illness.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/massachusetts\/supreme-court\/2020\/sjc-12872.html\"><em> In<\/em> <em>the Matter of J.P.<\/em><\/a>, J.P. a mentally ill man appealed his involuntary commitment to a mental hospital, arguing that the lower court impermissibly relied on hearsay evidence in making the order.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened in the J.P. case? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>J.P. was at the emergency room in a hospital when he was presenting signs of serious mental illness.\u00a0 He was brought to the hospital after threatening his mother and exhibiting paranoid behavior.\u00a0 He was then involuntarily committed to Suncoast Behavioral Health.\u00a0 The attending physician, Dr. Lee said that J.P. was a harm to himself and others as a result of his illness.\u00a0 Dr. Lee diagnosed J.P. with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/in-the-matter-of-j-p-involuntary-hospitalization-case-decided-by-sjc\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Involuntary Mental Commitment addressed in recent Massachusetts SJC decision\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts statute allows for a person to be involuntarily hospitalized for an extended period of time if a physician or police officer believes that the person is a danger to themselves or others as a result of their mental illness.\u00a0 In the Matter of J.P., J.P. a mentally ill man appealed his involuntary commitment to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-important-sjc-decisions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Involuntary Mental Commitment addressed in recent Massachusetts SJC decision &#8212; 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