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Prior labels affect later credibility
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restrictions; not psychiatric detention. The actual proposed wording and governing context matter. Confidentiality and unlawful suppression cannot be equated without analysis. ## Prior labels affect later credibility The record raises this concern, but there is no general rule that hospitalization makes testimony inadmissible or incredible. The Robinson witness case involved mother-initiated commitment and particular credibility evidence. Judicial findings, evidentiary relevance and strategic misuse are different questions. ## Complaint persistence is interpreted as incapacity Richards, Washburn and the querulous-complainant literature need their corrections attached.