'worn affidavits of FLDS women have accused law enforcement of illegally transporting them to mental facilities without due process.
The affidavits were submitted as part of an Arizona state inquiry into local police practices.

In one instance described under oath, a woman fleeing her abusive husband was picked up by the local sheriff's deputy, an FLDS member, and taken to a hospital in Utah.
According to the affidavit, the deputy called the prophet,
not his law enforcement superiors, and was directed to a Provo, Utah, mental facility.

Other women said they were taken by police to the Guidance Center, a mental hospital in Flagstaff, Ariz.'

From
Where Few Dare to Disobey Los Angeles Times/May 13, 2006

April 25, 2008. Alternet -
'..this misuse of mental health care has turned into one non-obvious but critically important cultural land mine for the Texas authorities who are trying to figure out how to deal with their FLDS wards. Along with everything else, they're trying to work with women who've learned to see mental health evaluations as tantamount to an incarceration threat -- are thus predisposed to regard gentile doctors or social workers as a mortal enemy. It's not making things easier.'


Laurene Jessop ended up there after brawling with a "sister wife" who she said had tried to strangle her daughter. Their husband summoned the police. Two Colorado City officers arrived, handcuffed Laurene Jessop and took her in a police car to the Guidance Center, she said.

The clinic's discharge summary, obtained by The Times, said Laurene Jessop suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome stemming from childhood sexual abuse. It said she also suffered stress in her relations with sister wives, and proposed that she seek couple's counseling with Warren Jeffs.

A Guidance Center spokeswoman declined to discuss any cases. "Our facility is not allowed to release any information about clients or their care," said Susan Nelson, outpatient clinical director.

....Absolute obedience is the cornerstone of the faith and is endlessly preached.