Choose one side of the topic should involuntary commitment of people suffering from a mental illness be illegal? Read at least one article on this topic and annotate it. I have posted several articles under course materials or you can find your own. The annotations must be handed in with your rough draft. Your essay should contain an introduction that ends in a clear thesis, three well-developed body paragraphs with at least 10 sentences each, and a conclusion. Each body paragraph must contain two quotations, paraphrases, or summaries from an outside source. You must include six examples/paraphrases in total from one of the articles in your body paragraphs. You must include the title and author of the article in your essay also.
the work must be written in a simple way and include some grammatical and stylistic mistakes
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Most of the individual who has mental illnesses are not entirely dangerous. They are simply violent hence all they need is the appropriate treatment from the health facilities. If they are not treated, they may result in tragic incidences of suicide and murder. Lawrence Steven the author of the article involuntary commitment for ‘mental illness’ states that most of the individuals in the mental facilities are not even mentally ill. There are a good number of them who are homeless individuals, the old or even adolescents sent there by their parents (Nakic, 2017). The mental health facilities are incapacitated to support all these individuals whose health status ends up deteriorating. Healthcare facilities also do not have enough capacity to host the mentally ill (Ornstein, 2018). Therefore, a good number of them end up in jails where there are no treatment provisions. This means that despite jailing this person, the objectives for excluding them from the society are not met. The objectives are meant to treat them and also reform their ways (Nakic, 2017).
