A police department defends actions after arson defendant's mom says police, crisis unit failed to help her son before he allegedly set fire.

Based on the petition – commonly referred to as a 302 commitment – a physician then determines whether the individual meets the criteria for involuntary commitment. Many experts consider the ...

Under a different procedure, known as a 302 commitment, someone can petition a judge to have a family member or friend committed to the hospital. Too often, people who are the subject of 302 ...

Pennsylvania has several laws on the books that deal with mental health including involuntary commitment, or Section 302. “This is an area of law that many attorneys don’t even understand ...

The involuntary commitment process will be similar to the 302 commitment process provided by Pennsylvania's Mental Health Procedures Act, placing those who are a danger to themselves and others in ...

For many of us, it isn't too hard to come up with the name of someone we know or who is close to us who has struggled with addiction. And yet, as a society, we continue to fail so many of them ...

According to the Penbrook Borough Police Department, Christie Balmer called on April 10 and requested a 302, or involuntary mental health commitment, for her son, who had stopped taking his ...

A short-term involuntary civil mental health commitment better known as a 302 commitment, is a legal process where someone is admitted to a psychiatric facility against their will for mental ...