Yes, such places exist where they will lock you in for limited period until they deem that you're not a danger to yourself or anybody else. They also have rooms that they lock people in, if they are especially agitated or dangerous. That's the way it works in the US, I can't say how it works in Canada.
It makes sense that they would lock Brigitte up. If they find her passed out on a street with dozens of cut scars on her arms, needle marks, and poison in her system, she obviously a danger to herself. You could expect that they would put her in to a PSYCHIATRIC facility for a few weeks in the US, but not a rehab facility. I don't know how mental health works in the Canadian provinces, however, but detaining her until minimally she is no longer dangerous to herself or anyone else would seem to be common sense. Ironically, this was one case where she was more dangerous if she was locked up.
My problem with the situation: first they put her in a rehab facility without knowing what she was taking. That's medically irresponsible.
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15 years ago
I've seent hat a lot though. Im guessing they assumed she was taking sometihng since she did have marks on her arm where she shot up the monkshood. They just had to wait for her to wake to get her blood drawn and run tests to see exactly what she was on.
The "rehab"/detoxing palces where I've worked had all kinds of people in there- voluntary and court-ordered. Also many people who had psychiatric problems also have drug related problems (the ones who are hospitalized that is). In short, tehy mix treatment together. Im assuming youre calling it "rehab" because they had classes and group sessions? In most hospitals if you have a person being detoxed youre going to have some group therapy sessions. Its not rehab per se, but its typical to have some type of counseling available and to make it mandatory. I wasnt surprised B had to go through the "Rehab" since its so common in the US to couple these things together (perhaps to prevent relapse?)
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