Mental Health Antioch

It leads you to a remote gorge created by prehistoric glacial meltwater and 45 foot plunging waterfall within a ‘halfhidden’ ravine. It usually can be challenging, the hike itself ain’t so long. Ny Ahmed said his mother called him that evening after police arrived, and passed phone to an officer.

Whenever informing him that his mother had died, the next cellphone call he got, though and even came from his father following morning.

During that brief conversation, Ahmed said he heard yelling in background and recommends officer to call him back later for an update on the situation. In consonance with Elyn Saks, her actions demonstrate how ugh it’s. To accurately evaluate a person’s suicidal tendencies, an associate dean and professor of psychology and psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Southern University California.

About 2 hours after making those statements, Chowdhury jumped from taxi that was traveling 60 mph.

And even citing patient confidentiality spoke about hospital’s standard practices, county hospital Chief Psychiatrist Kristine Girard declined to comment on case specifics.

Hospitals have strict guidelines whenever it boils down to nextofkin disclosure in cases involving mental health particularly suicide but California law and the hospital’s policy all require that staff make reasonable attempts to notify next of kin in advance of releasing a mental health patient. 1 had divorced a great deal of years earlier, and there wasn’t ongoing tension between them, Ahmed said. He still was not sure what motivated her to jump. As a result, she could make care of her ‘ex husband’ because Chowdhury and had moved from NY to Antioch, who was suffering from an illness. Attempts to reach Chowdhury’s exhusband for this story were unsuccessful.

Those sentiments were echoed by Krenek, who called for a third party to examine the case. Still, the decision to place a woman who had the other day been a reported victim death threat into a cab, in middle of the night middle, and send her back to the place where she had threatened to kill herself, was terrible, Saks said. California law dictates that a patient can’t be held against can’t provide themselves with clothing, food and shelter. Chowdhury had no prior history of mental health problems or making suicidal threats. Virtually, he was released from custody hours later. Think for a moment. Police arrested Chowdhury’s ‘ex husband’ that same night on suspicion of making a criminal threat and violating his probation for a prior drunken driving conviction. Antioch police have declined to comment on but Curtis Cope, case and even a police officer of 30 years who has served as an expert witness on misconduct cases, says oftentimes ‘patientconfidentiality’ restrictions and department policy prevent officers from informing nextofkin in situations involving mental health.