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If a person is being held and treated in a licensed medical facility, and that person decides to continue treatment by voluntarily signing consent for admission and treatment, the seventy-two-hour hold may be discontinued without filing an affidavit for commitment.
Assessing whether someone is a danger to self or others is a critical determinant of the civil commitment process.
For involuntary commitments, required documents are Order of Commitment signed by judge and Patient Information Form. For emergency involuntary commitments, required documents are Preliminary Order of Commitment, Affidavit for Commitment, Physician's Certificate (signed by two physicians) and Patient Information Form.
The process begins in the Chancery Clerk's office of the county where the person who is thought to be in need of psychiatric treatment lives. Any citizen of Mississippi can initiate the process by submitting a sworn statement requesting psychiatric treatment for that person.