What is considered a serious medical need?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cavanaugh v. Cnty. of San Diego, Case No.: 3:18-cv-02557-BEN-LL (S.D. Cal. 2020):
"A heightened suicide risk or an attempted suicide is a serious medical need." Conn v. City of Reno, 591 F.3d 1081, 1095 (9th Cir. 2010), cert. granted, judgment vacated sub nom. City of Reno, Nev. v. Conn, 563 U.S. 915 (2011), and opinion reinstated, 658 F.3d 897 (9th Cir. 2011). "Drug withdrawal [also] constitutes a serious medical need requiring
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