TODAYMoms - 6-year-old committed to psych ward against mom's wishes

TODAYMoms - 6-year-old committed to psych ward against mom's wishes

Have you seen this story about a 6-year-old boy who was committed to a psych ward for 48 hours because of a violent picture he drew at school -- against his mother's wishes?

A six-year-old California boy was institutionalized for 48 hours after drawing a violent picture at school. NBC's Kim Baldonado reports.
Experts say this could happen to any parent: Mental health professionals have the power to put any child in a 72-hour psych hold, without the parents' permission, if they think it's necessary.
In 6-year-old Jack Dorman's case, he drew a violent picture and wrote that he wanted to die. Syndi Dorman says her son suffers from separation anxiety and was having a rough time because her husband was in the midst of being deployed to Iraq. She says she told school officials she would get him to a therapist that day, but they said it was out of her hands and an ambulance was already on its way.