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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 399899" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Nancy makes a very important point -- what do we do when someone refuses help? I heard this same questions repeatedly when I went to a NAMI support group meeting last year. Just about every family there had a loved one who 1. was mentally ill, 2. was in and out of homelessness, 3. refusing treatment, 4. making life very hard for the rest of the family because of their choices.</p><p> </p><p>I completely understand the laws being set up to respect the rights of the individual and freedom of choice... however, how can that be helpful in the case of someone who's mentally ill? Is it a necessary evil that we must wait until a crime is committed before they can be forced into treatment? Or is there another way to help without "infringing" on their rights? We can't force people to go to the doctor when they are physically sick either. I look at my own difficult child-dad who stubbornly made medical decisions he had no business doing, that likely contributed to his rapid demise -- and there wasn't a darned thing we could do about it except try to advise him appropriately until we were blue in the face.</p><p> </p><p>Prison is not the right place for the mentally ill homeless, either. But sadly that seems to be where most of them end up. I'd rather see my "crazy" relative in a psychiatric hospital than prison.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 399899, member: 3444"] Nancy makes a very important point -- what do we do when someone refuses help? I heard this same questions repeatedly when I went to a NAMI support group meeting last year. Just about every family there had a loved one who 1. was mentally ill, 2. was in and out of homelessness, 3. refusing treatment, 4. making life very hard for the rest of the family because of their choices. I completely understand the laws being set up to respect the rights of the individual and freedom of choice... however, how can that be helpful in the case of someone who's mentally ill? Is it a necessary evil that we must wait until a crime is committed before they can be forced into treatment? Or is there another way to help without "infringing" on their rights? We can't force people to go to the doctor when they are physically sick either. I look at my own difficult child-dad who stubbornly made medical decisions he had no business doing, that likely contributed to his rapid demise -- and there wasn't a darned thing we could do about it except try to advise him appropriately until we were blue in the face. Prison is not the right place for the mentally ill homeless, either. But sadly that seems to be where most of them end up. I'd rather see my "crazy" relative in a psychiatric hospital than prison. [/QUOTE]
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