Eating Disorder

[HowAmI]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida

Is a mother legally allowed to force thier child in a hospital because he might have a eating disorder

The reason why i'm asking for help is because my mother has been diagnosed 3 times with anemia and she has it right now and she is thinking i either have anemia or anorexia and since im EXTREMELY picky when it comes to food i'm only 100lbs and she is saying that if i don't start eating that she will call my doctor and put me in a hospital and do the whole feeding tube thing.

 

[quincy]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida

Is a mother legally allowed to force thier child in a hospital because he might have a eating disorder

The reason why i'm asking for help is because my mother has been diagnosed 3 times with anemia and she has it right now and she is thinking i either have anemia or anorexia and since im EXTREMELY picky when it comes to food i'm only 100lbs and she is saying that if i don't start eating that she will call my doctor and put me in a hospital and do the whole feeding tube thing.

How old are you?

 

[Eekamouse]

Wait. Who has the eating disorder, you or your mother?

 

[Shadowbunny]

I read it that Mom has been Dx'd with anemia 3x; Mom thinks OP has either anemia or an eating d.o.

 

[quincy]

I read it the same way that Shadowbunny did.

The following is a link to Florida's "Baker Act Handbook and User Reference Guide 2014," for information on involuntary medical evaluations and hospitalizations, and what is required:

http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/programs/samh/mentalhealth/laws/BakerActManual.pdf

Page 20 has a flow chart showing the process involved.

 

[Proserpina]

I fail to see how anemia even enters the equation.

 

[aardvarc]

If you are a minor in FL, your parent can absolutely subject you to a medical evaluation. What happens from there, whether hospitalization, feeding tube, etc. isn't up to the parent...but to the DOCTOR. Parents can't force a hospital or any other facility to treat or admit. That's what doctors, and only doctors, get to do. If the doctor agrees that you need treatment, then that's what you can expect to happen.