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  1. #1
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    Exclamation Minor Forced into Mental Institute

    My question involves civil rights in the State of: Illinois

    My friend is 17 and a female. She admitted herself into a mental Institute a month ago for depression and suicidal thoughts. She was released in two weeks because they felt she was better.Now she live with her mom who is bi polar and threatens to force her back in. But the only thing causing the depression is her mom! What can she do not to go back, what are her rights as a citizen and female who is at the age of consent?

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    Default Re: Minor Forced into Mental Institute

    Age of consent doesn't factor into it. We're talking mental health treatment, not legal consent to sex.

    If her mother has her admitted, then her mother has her admitted, and there she will remain until her doctors say so. Until she reaches the age of majority - 18 - she does as her mother says.

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