<p>I don’t think we need more information. The school made it clear they had a policy of locking a kid out of their dorm room if the kid got sick on a Friday evening. On what planet is this all right?</p>
<p>So, sending a suicidal/homicidal student back to a dorm room alone is a good idea? </p>
<p>^Wow, way to make assumptions wilderzengirl.</p>
<p>@widlerzengirl Pizzagirl wouldn’t have even posted this if that was what was going on with her daughter. She would be at the school right now. </p>
<p>I work with troubled kids. Please stop.</p>
<p>Wild, I believe the OP said the school would not let a kid back regardless of the issue, if they were sent to the ER on a Friday night.</p>
<p>". They said that they couldnt let me go in case the taxi driver would assault me…I guess they meant sexually. They would have released me if anybody would pick me up." </p>
<p>Well, that’s good because of course nobody has ever been sexually assaulted by someone they know.</p>
<p>And there is nothing at all in the OP or any followup posts to indicate that this was a situation involving potential self-harm. </p>
<p>@poetgirl I work with sick people of all ages. Emotionally sick, physically sick, mentally sick. There is no shame in mental illness. You all are the ones who are stigmatizing it. This site is for speculation after all. It makes no financial sense from the hospital or university standpoint to keep adult student hospitalized for no valid reason. </p>
<p>No. I’m not stigmatizing mental illness in the slightest. Not at all. </p>
<p>Blossom already stated the reasons colleges do this kind of thing. You’d be shocked by the kinds of ridiculous things colleges do.</p>
<p>Well, I think PG’s whole point is that it makes no sense. </p>
<p>And if this WERE an issue where the student was a danger to herself or others, then the college’s followup (as described) is completely inadequate.</p>
<p>1or2musicians…exactly.</p>
<p>Exactly. But more importantly, the parents would be called to the school. Or they would GO on their own. </p>
<p>My S is in college right now. I work in an ER that sees many college age students due to a small LAC in our area. You’d be shocked by the ridiculous things college students do and say.</p>
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<p>And that is the point of this whole thread. There was no reason for this student to be kept in the hospital additional time.</p>
<p>And thumper1 you know the reason this student was there to begin with? I sure don’t but I know hospital and hospital law and I know when you can keep an adult against their will and when you cannot. The university generally wants to make money as well so I, for one, have a hard time believing they make the adult college student stay all weekend for trivial things like sprains, yeast infections, etc. But if they feel for one minute that that student is in danger then all bets are off. Maybe someone could show me in writing where a university has the policy the OP described. If that is the case then they are losing a lot of money and I am very surprised.</p>
<p>Wilde…I was kept against my will. It happens.</p>
<p>You had a concussion you said. The hospital will generally try and get you to stay in those situations as well; if then can persuade people. They didn’t actually admit you and keep you all weekend according to your story.It’s all about the fear they will be sued. Believe me; I still can’t figure out why in the heck people tear down the ER doors to get in and then moan and complain to get out ASAP.</p>
<p>@wilderzengirl: I think you have identified a reason why someone would be held against their will in an acute care setting. However, going back to the OP’s original post,I don’t believe that is the case here. </p>
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<p>We can debate the various issue around mental health care, but that is not the case here as I read it. It was not the hospital who wanted to keep her; it was the college. This does not sound to me like an involuntary psychiatric hospitalization</p>
<p>If this thread does not stay on track, I fear it will be closed. And I want to hear the outcome.</p>
<p>Wilde, I was mugged, didn’t ask to go to or be kept in the ER. I was not allowed to leave…the same but different circumstances as the OP’s daughter. The point is she, as was I, was kept against our will. </p>
<p>@qialah I don’t think the OP is going to come back and tell us anything. That is her business. The college cannot make the hospital admit her or keep her. You all seem to have trouble understanding that. They can require her to show proof that she is medically fit to be enrolled. If you sign out AMA you are not going to get that required documentation and then that is where the college can enforce it’s power.</p>
<p>Wilde, did you miss the part that the OP’s husband is a Dr.? They are not incompetent idiots…sheesh.</p>