WRONG!!!!
I can tell you from personal experience after having taken a mixture of over a hundred pills washed down with alcohol,and slashed all over, I was taken to the hospital in a car, by a mental health team. No ambulance. (but then I had already been passed out for a couple of days and had regained consciousness)
Over here, if the cops are notified of a suicide attempt, they often call the mental health team as opposed to an ambulance. (Since those of us with mental health issues are viewed as attention seekers and a waste of resources.
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While I was in the psych ward with several other suicidal pts only one had been taken in by the ambos, because she had O.D'ed and was trying to walk into traffic and passers-by called them.
Otherwise its up to the mental health team- and thank god for them!
They should release whatever they deem relevant to the case, and only that.... unless they want to see the act played out to its tragic finale this time.
JMO