Some layers don't understand how my mental health crisis works. Police should be able to help me, even if I incriminate myself a little bit.

I strongly encourage you to listen to your lawyer. Their job is to protect you in court. It's true that far to few lawyers know how to deal with a mentally ill client. Something really should be done about it. But your lawyer is one of the few people you'll meet in the legal system who should be unequivocally on your side.

Also good lawyers also know that failing to mention something you rely on in court can hurt your case. What your lawyer will usually do is help you prepare a statement containing everything he thinks you should tell the police, come with you to the police interview and have you read that statement out and then refuse to answer any other questions. If your lawyer has prepared you a statement (and of course assuming everything in it is true) I suggest you just read the statement.

Where did I find this statement?

I will go read what you told me.

It would be unwise to ask anyone other than a lawyer acting for you to prepare a statement for the police. You can tell your lawyer everything that happened and this conversation is protected by privalidge. That means the lawyer has a legal right and duty to keep what you say secret even if the police or courts ask him what you said. You need to speak to a lawyer. If you don’t have a lawyer ask for some one called the duty solicitor and when he comes make it clear to him you have mental health issues.

It would be unwise to ask anyone other than a lawyer acting for you to prepare a statement for the police. You can tell your lawyer everything that happened and this conversation is protected by privalidge. That means the lawyer has a legal right and duty to keep what you say secret even if the police or courts ask him what you said. You need to speak to a lawyer. If you don’t have a lawyer ask for some one called the duty solicitor and when he comes make it clear to him you have mental health issues.

I understood. Thank you!

I mean I still strongly encourage you to access mental health help but I've no idea how you do that in the American system.

Police officer that talked with me yesterday told me that I appear to be very intelligent, rational and think very clearly, that I could not be a risk to go to mental hospital, but this strange, because always plan to commit suicide by fantasies when I am depressed and that should be one red flag to go to mental hospital though.

I am a bit confused.

I have the mildest form of Bipolar Disorder.

In which case I'm at a loss. I really don't know the US system

I am in USA, CA.

No, it was just an older trained police officer that I talked with.

Ok then I've miss understood the question. I thought you were being questioned in relation to an alleged crime. In the context of them wanting to section you I think actually being forthcoming was probably the right move.

And by all means seek further mental health help. Either through your educational institution or the NHS. I'm assuming you spoke to someone from the mental heath crisis team? Maybe you could talk to your GP about a referral to the mental health team more generally?

There was no lawyer, my psychologist was worried that I could be a possible danger to myself or others. So, that principal called the police, the police came and talked to my psychologist and me and I sound so rational to him that he thinks I am not risky enough to go to mental hospital, but suggested me to go through mental health program that is supported by school I go to.

But I still don't trust myself and that police asked me questions too narrow. The police officer also explained to me that I am not in trouble in any way and was worried about my mental health at this point.