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[skeez-queen13.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of writing a fic that's been haunting me for the past few days now, but the thing is that I need some help to get me started~

Warning: Spoilers for Season 5 Episode 24: Both Side Now



I was wondering, what with this years EPIC finale, if House were to quit Vicodin (also, do you think that's even possible), what other drugs would they probably put him on? Do you think he could ever live a life without drugs? : \

About how long would he probably have to stay in a psychistric hospital? Under what terms would they finally release him?

And does anyone know the medical name for "Truth Serum"? Actually TBH (I feel kind of silly for asking this) is truth serum even real?





Any help would be awesome! *runs away*

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[californiaquail.livejournal.com]

LOL. Girl Interrupted is fiction. Much of that movie was incorrect and romanticized for the screen. It also takes place in the 1970's. Lots has changed since then. The main character was admitted by another party (parents) after attempting suicide...correct me if I'm wrong. I haven't watched it since it came out.

Suicide changes things, because it makes you a danger to yourself. If you're a child or college student living at home, that makes it easier for mom and dad to commit you as well.

[la-localfreak.livejournal.com]

I wasn't talking about the film, I was talking about the book which is substantially different from the film and a, at least semi, autobiographical work. However, unlike the book I do have the film on hand and in the scene where Suzannah arrives in the mental hospital she asks "shouldn't my parents sign this" and they tell her she is commiting herself, because she is over eighteen.

Anyway, thanks for the information. I was just curious because I am aware the system is different in the US and spent a good portion of my A-Levels studying psychiatric instituions and representations thereof and was interested in gaining more knowledge of what it's like in the US now, rather than historically.

[californiaquail.livejournal.com]

Even compared to ten years ago, laws in the US are different. I have yet to see an American film, whether it was meant to be based on fact or not, that had completely and accurately portrayed a psychiatric hospital.