If you live in England and think this kind of psychiatric detention needs stronger controls you might be interested in looking at becoming a &quot;Mental Health Act Manager&quot;, or &quot;Hospital Manager&quot;.  This is often a voluntary position that looks at some detentions under the Mental Health Act and sometimes orders the de-sectioning of people detained under section.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk&#x2F;mental_health_act" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk&#x2F;mental_health_act</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rethink.org&#x2F;resources&#x2F;m&#x2F;mental-health-act" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rethink.org&#x2F;resources&#x2F;m&#x2F;mental-health-act</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rethink.org&#x2F;living-with-mental-illness&#x2F;mental-health-laws&#x2F;discharge-from-detention" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rethink.org&#x2F;living-with-mental-illness&#x2F;mental-he...</a><p>In England it&#x27;s rare to become a mental health inpatient.  Only about 8% of the people getting care from mental health trusts ever go in-patient.  Some of that is lack of beds (especially for children), but mostly it&#x27;s because hospitals are sometimes harmful (This is true for physical health too) and people should get better care from &quot;Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams&quot; (for short term emergency care) and community teams (for longer term recovery and rehabilitation).<p>But if you think it&#x27;s something that might happen you should probably think about advanced directives, and sorting out who your &quot;nearest relative is&quot;, and getting a crisis plan set up.