Drug-free Mental Health inpatient treatment?

[turil.livejournal.com]

I just called the Cambridge Health Alliance Mental Health emergency services and wanted to check myself in. Before I went in, I wanted to be assured that they wouldn't drug me without my consent. The woman said that she could not "arbitrarily" assure me of that, got angry with me, and actually hung up on me while I was crying. (Seriously.)

So I'm kind of in need of finding some place local that doesn't drug people without consent, and that might have some staff that don't actively try to be mean to depressed individuals looking for help...

Any suggestions?

I also don't have any health insurance or money.

(No, I'm not officially suicidal yet, but I'd rather get this taken care of before that happens, you know?)

Comments

Re: Legally they can drug you for "emergency" purposes.

[sissychrissy1.livejournal.com]

That sucks. I've was really anti-medication for a long time, but it's still better than truly harming yourself.

If you don't find something that better suits your needs this weekend, check out their outpatient services on Monday, which I've found to be really fantastic.