5150
noun/ˈfɪf.ti.wənˈfɪf.ti/
Etymology
From Article 1, Section 5150 of California's Welfare and Institutions Code, signed into law in 1967, regarding involuntary commitment for psychological evaluation and treatment. Popularized outside of California due to the spread of popular media produced in the state.
Definitions
One who should be involuntarily confined.
To involuntarily confine someone for a mental illness that poses a risk to themselves or…
To involuntarily confine someone for a mental illness that poses a risk to themselves or others.
- And they're all, "He's over there against the tree, he's not talking to us, he's not saying anything and he has a history of being a psychiatric patient and so we're 5150ing him."
- Sure, if you've ever been 5150ed by the Psychiatric Evaluation Team (no thanks to you and Rachael. Just because I was flipping my wig, flinging dishes and threatening to kill myself didn't mean I was actually SUICIDAL, guys! Jeez!) […]
- “I'm going to keep him under sedation until tomorrow morning, and then 5150 him at UCI Medical Center Psychiatric Unit.”
Of such an unsound mind that one should be involuntarily confined.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA