Lynn Nanos

It's really tough. It's really tough. I evaluated a young woman with borderline at a group home who was regularly inflicting superficial self-injuries. And the group home staff said, you know, wanted me to hospitalize her even though, you know, she didn't want to be hospitalized, but they wanted me to section 12 her because they were just so burned out by her frequent self-injurious behavior.

It's really tough. It's really tough. I evaluated a young woman with borderline at a group home who was regularly inflicting superficial self-injuries. And the group home staff said, you know, wanted me to hospitalize her even though, you know, she didn't want to be hospitalized, but they wanted me to section 12 her because they were just so burned out by her frequent self-injurious behavior.

It's really tough. It's really tough. I evaluated a young woman with borderline at a group home who was regularly inflicting superficial self-injuries. And the group home staff said, you know, wanted me to hospitalize her even though, you know, she didn't want to be hospitalized, but they wanted me to section 12 her because they were just so burned out by her frequent self-injurious behavior.

And they said that she's going to just continue harming herself superficially. And I responded with, you know, unfortunately, the law doesn't allow us to hospitalize people because we predict that they're going to superficially self-injure. There's a difference between superficially injuring oneself and seriously injuring oneself.

And they said that she's going to just continue harming herself superficially. And I responded with, you know, unfortunately, the law doesn't allow us to hospitalize people because we predict that they're going to superficially self-injure. There's a difference between superficially injuring oneself and seriously injuring oneself.

And they said that she's going to just continue harming herself superficially. And I responded with, you know, unfortunately, the law doesn't allow us to hospitalize people because we predict that they're going to superficially self-injure. There's a difference between superficially injuring oneself and seriously injuring oneself.

So a lot of people with borderline personality disorder are at risk for accidentally killing themselves, you know, lacking intent to die, but engaging in suicidal gestures or overdoses on pills and then becoming fatal as a result.

So a lot of people with borderline personality disorder are at risk for accidentally killing themselves, you know, lacking intent to die, but engaging in suicidal gestures or overdoses on pills and then becoming fatal as a result.

So a lot of people with borderline personality disorder are at risk for accidentally killing themselves, you know, lacking intent to die, but engaging in suicidal gestures or overdoses on pills and then becoming fatal as a result.

We're generally not allowed to diagnose teenagers with borderline personality disorder because their personalities have not fully developed yet. But I've evaluated teenagers that show a lot of traits differently.

We're generally not allowed to diagnose teenagers with borderline personality disorder because their personalities have not fully developed yet. But I've evaluated teenagers that show a lot of traits differently.

We're generally not allowed to diagnose teenagers with borderline personality disorder because their personalities have not fully developed yet. But I've evaluated teenagers that show a lot of traits differently.

borderline and I've evaluated them thinking oh well she's definitely they're definitely going to develop borderline as an adult because I can see the signs early on it's typically it's adults who are diagnosed with personality disorders we're really not allowed to diagnose kids with personality disorders

borderline and I've evaluated them thinking oh well she's definitely they're definitely going to develop borderline as an adult because I can see the signs early on it's typically it's adults who are diagnosed with personality disorders we're really not allowed to diagnose kids with personality disorders

borderline and I've evaluated them thinking oh well she's definitely they're definitely going to develop borderline as an adult because I can see the signs early on it's typically it's adults who are diagnosed with personality disorders we're really not allowed to diagnose kids with personality disorders

Well, my main goal is to reduce danger or prevent danger and to get people to a safe space. Occasionally involves involuntarily transporting them to the hospital. And that's where police officers are necessary because I'm not able to physically go hands on. on anyone who's violent or who's very agitated. And so that's what police are for.

Well, my main goal is to reduce danger or prevent danger and to get people to a safe space. Occasionally involves involuntarily transporting them to the hospital. And that's where police officers are necessary because I'm not able to physically go hands on. on anyone who's violent or who's very agitated. And so that's what police are for.

Well, my main goal is to reduce danger or prevent danger and to get people to a safe space. Occasionally involves involuntarily transporting them to the hospital. And that's where police officers are necessary because I'm not able to physically go hands on. on anyone who's violent or who's very agitated. And so that's what police are for.

So in the mental health system, the police are a necessary evil, quote-unquote.

So in the mental health system, the police are a necessary evil, quote-unquote.