New Jersey Mental Health Law
New Jersey Mental Health Law provides for involuntary mental health assessment & stabilization which can be applied to a more comprehensive and longer-term treatment plan that could include drug rehab if indicated. Although we are not lawyers, we can help you effectively work within the system to help your loved one in crisis by creating individualized, caring, and comprehensive intervention solutions.
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Involuntary Civil Commitment New Jersey
Involuntary Civil Commitment in New Jersey requires immediate court (Superior Court judge or Municipal Court judge) review of the papers presented and a determination of whether there exists the statutory basis for issuance of a temporary order of commitment.
Before signing an order of temporary commitment, the judge must find “probable cause to believe that the person requires involuntary commitment.” “In need of involuntary commitment” is defined by the statute as:
…an adult who is mentally ill, whose mental illness causes the person to be dangerous to self or harmful to others or property and who is unwilling to be admitted to a facility voluntarily for care, and who needs care at the short-term care, psychiatric facility or special psychiatric hospital because other services are not appropriate or available to meet the person’s mental health care needs.
New Jersey state laws are in place to promote recovery from mental illness and substance abuse with court-ordered involuntary treatment. Nevertheless, careful planning with a unified approach is essential for a successful outcome.
Although we do not provide legal advice, we do provide professional behavioral health intervention services that have been proven to break through some of the most challenging cases of resistance, denial, and even bureaucratic red tape.
We proudly serve communities throughout Somerset, Bergen, Mercer, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Sussex, and Morris counties.
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