Description: The majority of civilly committed patients are on Conservatorships, even though we have some patients that are admitted for evaluation and treatment under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5150. Conservatorships are for gravely disabled individuals who represent a danger to themselves or others due to mental illness. They have not been charged with crime, but are instead referred by local community mental health programs through involuntary civil commitment procedures pursuant to the LPS Act, typically because they cannot be treated in community facilities. LPS patients are discharged when either their county places them in a different facility or they have met their discharge criteria for a lower level of care. In some cases, patients are discharged because they have successfully petitioned the court to remove the Conservatorship.
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