Psych ward transfer for my sister
Just looking for a little help and am in unfamiliar waters- basic rundown, my sister had some kind of mental breakdown a couple days ago.
Besides some basic anxiety- she's never experienced something like this before. She has always been very put together, she's in her mid 20's. It started with an itch in her lower back, but there was no rash. She became very anxious and didn't slept for 5 days- then she started talking in circles, and experiencing memory loss and hallucinations, with very anxious and at times manic behavior. We thought if we could monitor her and get her to sleep she'd be alright but when we walked in on her calling the suicide hotline we decided to take her to the hospital.
They would not admit her at the hospital but we spoke to a Dr. that suggested a different facility that would admit her on a 5150 order- he said he would be her primary Dr. there and was suggested so we did that.
Now that Dr. just dropped out- and her primary Dr. is the in house Dr. at this facility- and this facility is a scary shithole. She is the ONLY female patient, the men there are filthy and are making comments like "send us more women"- the orderlys just hang out and make NYE plans, not caring.
I want her OUT of this facility, but the Dr. who works there says if she's not recovered by the end of the third day they must keep her 14 more, there.
Is there anything I can do to get her moved to a different facility? I've never dealt with anything like this before and don't know what to do. Any help is appreciated.
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