The nature of the 'business' of mental health is such that it's a revolving door. We see someone 'in toot' and believe we're helping them and their family by starting the process. The mental health 'professional' has seen this person before, and if not this particular person, than someon who resembles them (hundreds of times). For them they know that unless there's some very serious underlying mental health issue, there will be NO long term commitment. And for that to happen, the person being evaluated pretty much has to commit a serious act of harm against another person. Otherwise it's 'evaluate and medicate' - then the revolving door syndrome gets going. The process itself is a tablet of aspirin treating 3rd stage cancer.
Most states have reduced the beds and facilities available for mental cases, those few that are available have the truly profoundly disturbed occupying them. There's also been a shift to mainstreaming (releasing) patients. You going through the motions of a hold gets you no respect, because the mental health folks have no respect for the system that mandates it - not you in particular.
I worked on that side for over a year, it's ugly and mind-numbing - glad I'm on the other end of it now.