In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of C.P., C.P. v. Community Hospital North/Gallahue Mental Health

OPINION

MAY, Judge.

C.P. appeals her 90-day involuntary commitment to Community North Hospital (“the Hospital”). 1 She acknowledges she is mentally ill but asserts the hospital did not prove she was gravely disabled or dangerous to herself. Because a psychiatrist’s testimony provided clear and convincing evidence that C.P. was gravely disabled, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

C.P. brought herself to the emergency room at the Hospital on August 18, 2013, claiming that she had been bitten by spiders in her home and that the “venom” left her “feeling heavily sedated, or drugged.” (Tr. at…