article_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor went to the Syracuse University health center in hopes of getting treated for flu symptoms but instead was sent to a psychiatric ward .
article_snippet: A New Jersey student with a bad cold was locked in a hospital psych ward for six days after going to the Syracuse University health center for a medication to treat flu-like symptoms, Kaitlin Taylor alleges in a lawsuit.
article_snippet: But the six-day stay in the nearby St Joseph's Hospital was not what Kaitlin Taylor was expecting when Kaitlin Taylor told the Syracuse University health center's staff that Kaitlin Taylor was suffering from a fever, cough, phlegm and chest congestion.
article_snippet: When Kaitlin Taylor was told no one could write Kaitlin Taylor a prescription at the Syracuse University health center, Kaitlin Taylor was driven to the nearby St Joseph and dropped in front the the emergency room, according to the New York Post.
article_snippet: While waiting in the ER, Kaitlin Taylor said Kaitlin Taylor felt as though Kaitlin Taylor was getting sicker. '
article_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor was then taken to a psychiatrist's office, where Kaitlin Taylor spent 15 minutes explaining that Kaitlin Taylor was sick, had not been sleeping well, was struggling in Kaitlin Taylor classes and feared Kaitlin Taylor might lose Kaitlin Taylor scholarship.
article_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor was then told that Kaitlin Taylor would  have to stay overnight and was sent to an 'observation room' with four other patients.
article_snippet: The psychiatrist's notes said that Kaitlin Taylor was in for 'involuntary treatment,' for 'insomnia, pressured speech, disorganized, declining grades'.
article_snippet: The patients in the the emergency room were separated by low walls while staff watched over The patients in the room, Kaitlin Taylor said.
article_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor still didn't receive medication or treatment.
article_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor wanted to call Kaitlin Taylor mom, but Kaitlin Taylor cellphone had died and Kaitlin Taylor said the hospital wouldn't recharge the hospital.
article_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor was sent to St Joseph's Hospital (pictured) where Kaitlin Taylor was put into 'involuntary treatment' and observed for six days after Kaitlin Taylor had only gone to the health center for medication for Kaitlin Taylor flu-like symptoms .
article_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor hospital horror started at Kaitlin Taylor university's health center (pictured), where Kaitlin Taylor went to get medication . '
article_snippet: A nurse told Kaitlin Taylor that if Kaitlin Taylor cooperated and took the medication They gave Kaitlin Taylor, Kaitlin Taylor would be out in a shorter time period.
article_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor said Kaitlin Taylor was given Risperdal, which is used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and Klonopin, used to treat panic disorder.
article_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor told the Post that they had to line up and take they pills, 'just like in the movie Cuckoo's Nest'.
article_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor was finally able to reach Kaitlin Taylor mom, who came to St Joseph's Hospital to get Kaitlin Taylor out of the ward.
highlights_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor had flu-like symptoms, including a fever, cough, phlegm and congestion .
  
highlights_snippet: Kaitlin Taylor was sent to St Joseph's Hospital's emergency room with no medication .
  
highlights_snippet: After speaking to a psychiatrist and not being treated Kaitlin Taylor was sent to an 'observation room' for six days and given antipsychotic medications .
  