Commitment of G H
── Commitment of G H ──
Case No.: 23A-MH-00490
Court: Indiana Court of Appeals
Date: August 04, 2023
Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey
County of Origin: Marion
Category: Civil
Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded
Judge Kenworthy concurs. Judge Tavitas concurs in part/dissents in part
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G.H. is a sixty-two-year-old Air Force veteran. On February 6, 2023, Dr. Hugo
M. Espinosa at the Veterans’ Affairs (“VA”) NIHCS Acute Mental Health Unit
in Marion, Indiana applied for the emergency detention of G.H. In the
application, Dr. Espinosa stated that G.H. had not been taking his psychotropic
medications and observed that G.H. reported, “I’m delusional. I feel like
monkey pox…I’m having psychosis…delusional thoughts…irrational
behaviors…I don’t sleep.” App. v. II at 18. G.H. also reported suicidal and
homicidal ideation. Id. G.H.
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