I agree. I wish there was a way to actually talk to someone like a personal case worker to get your LTC. That way they can make more of a better decision.
As you have been told, get the letter and then apply.
I agree. I wish there was a way to actually talk to someone like a personal case worker to get your LTC. That way they can make more of a better decision.
You were “admitted” not committed. The way professionals use the word “committed” implies non-voluntary.
I’m sorry that trying to understand exactly how all this works is kinda stressful. I think that our laws should be more cut and dried and simpler, and less restrictive.
Thanks for the reply. After posting I was afraid I came off as trying to nail you and nothing could be further from the truth . . based solely on my perception of your words. Best of luck to you.They were a psychiatrist.
What I was meaning by 100% was me being committed was up to my self and my mom because of my age. But there was a social worker with like family services there and went over the behavioral health units that had beds available but they also gave me the option to just go home. But me and my mom choose to put me in.
Sadly, others here don't seem to follow that logic.You were “admitted” not committed. The way professionals use the word “committed” implies non-voluntary.
I’m sorry that trying to understand exactly how all this works is kinda stressful. I think that our laws should be more cut and dried and simpler, and less restrictive.
Have you considered seeing a psychiatrist? This one's good.Maybe quoted AFTER the edit went though,
But my view didn’t refresh so I was still looking at the pre-edit post. That really messed with my mind.
I wouldnt post that info on a public forum......I just purchased my girlfriend and I a handgun. I did it legally and the background check came back okay. But I was reading on Texas LTC requirements it says that if you were involuntary committed to psychiatric hospital and psychiatric hospital. I was voluntarily admitted to a behavioral health unit. When I was maybe 15, I was diagnosed with PTSD and Anxiety. I am wondering if I would have to disclose that or sense I was a minor and it was over 5 years at this point I would be okay to say no and just go through with it. I have been off of medication for at least 3 years if not 4. I am totally okay with going and getting a letter stating it is in remission and it should not come back. I also said no on the question in the background check where it asks if I was ever admitted to one due to a judge. Hopefully that was the right thing to do.
It’s still a crap law. Diagnoses expire.
My brother in law suffers from antisocial behavior and bipolar disorder. I've known him for twenty years and I can say without a doubt society is a better place without him walking around with a firearm.
So what if someone doesn’t see a psychiatrist anymore?As you have been told, get the letter and then apply.
So what if someone doesn’t see a psychiatrist anymore?
And what if a person did see a psychiatrist and that doctor was unwilling to write such a letter.
Not so much because the person was ACTUALLY a risk, but that doctors are not in the business of saying that someone is NOT a risk.
I’m a pro gun clinician, and I WOULDN’T write that letter for the most stable of my clients. Not putting my license on the line for that. It’s not my job to predict what can happen in terms of future mental health problems. NO ONE should be doing that.
Well, he can still possess a gun. And let’s be honest, how would anybody KNOW if he has an LTC?
I mean it’s not like someone with a mental illness couldn’t carry anyways.
Your brother COULD be carrying all the time if he wanted to. Nothing is physically stopping him, right?
That way of looking at it, your argument that we should limit LTC by diagnosis, is all very well and good ... but do you want to have it to where anyone who sought treatment is prohibited? So we will make seeking treatment and obtaining a diagnosis a disqualifying condition? How long do you think it will take for the populous will say, well this is for LTC, what about considering mental fitness by diagnosis for possessing a gun period?
And well... while we are at it....what about those folks who don’t go and get assessed and treated, we are missing catching those folks. Maybe we need to make SURE that ALL folks are all mentally sound and such before we go selling them a gun, and each year to make sure they are still ok to possess one.
Well according to state law he can't.
Not according to state law.
Yea, me.
So you're fine with someone that suffers from hallucinations, false perceptions and beliefs, and schizoaffective disorders who also decided to stop taking their meds to be walking around with a firearm?
I say that it’s too tricky for us to be legislating such a thing.
Those people are not clinicians and do not know the ins and outs involved in doing such a thing. I do not care what politicians think. They do not get the specifics and the problems associated with logistics of implementing such a thing.No. This is something the majority of people agree with including Republican and Democrat politicians.
I do believe.Scoutow,
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