Webinar: Voluntary Psychiatric Hospitalizations: What Are My Rights?
Webinar: Voluntary Psychiatric Hospitalizations: What Are My Rights?
People with mental illness who are voluntarily admitted to psychiatric hospitals have rights under the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act. This webinar will discuss what rights apply to patients who receive treatment voluntarily.
Webinar:
Voluntary Psychiatric Hospitalizations: What Are My Rights?
Join us for a live webinar
Most of the time we hear largely about “involuntary” hospitalizations, but what about “voluntary” hospitalizations? You’re considered a voluntary patient if you are receiving in-patient treatment, of your own free will, in a psychiatric hospital. However, depending on the type of treatment you need within 3 days of being admitted, your voluntary status could be changed to involuntary.
*This training is presented from a peer perspective by people who have lived experience with mental disabilities.*
Live Caption and ASL Interpreter Available
When:
September 22, 2022
1:00 PM
Pacific Time
About the webinar:
We will explore the following:
- What is Voluntary Hospitalization?
- What Circumstances can Lead a Person to Accept Voluntary Hospitalization?
- How Long Can You Stay in a Psychiatric Hospital on a Voluntary Status?
- What LPS Rights Apply to Voluntarily Admitted Patients?
- How can Patients go From Being on Voluntary Status to an Involuntary Status?
Speakers:
Jode Keasler (she/her) Jode Keasler is a person with lived experience with co-occurring disorders. Jode was an advocate for the California Office of Patients’ Rights (COPR) for over 8 years where she advocated for the rights of patients with mental health disabilities in state hospitals. This included representing patients in in-house involuntary medication hearings as well as direct advocacy.
Jode had many advocacy successes for her clients while there and enjoyed working with the patients very much. Jode’s career before moving to California and starting with DRC was in finance management.
Seeing the need that existed with her peers, Jode transferred over to Peer Self Advocacy (PSA) earlier this year intending to assist peers in learning self-advocacy steps that will help them as they navigate the mental health system.