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Being taken to a locked psychiatric facility or unit is traumatizing, starting with a court order for a forced evaluation, the ride in the back of a police car in
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Being taken to a locked psychiatric facility or unit is traumatizing. Starting with a court order for a forced evaluation, the ride in the back of a police car in handcuffs and the loss of freedom. I estimate that 50% of the people that enter a locked psychiatric facility as a patient will experience trauma that may cause or exacerbate post-traumatic stress disorder, one of the costliest mental disorders.