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In the final analysis, you cannot force a person to do what they do not want to do. However, you can do anything in your power to help that person get treatment even if it means forcing mental health treatment. You cannot make them cooperate, but you can put them in a situation wherein they may just be helped. This is especially important for people who are on medications. Monitoring medications and making sure they are taken is essential for people who have Manic/Depression, Schizophrenia and other disorders. It’s like not taking medication for diabetes: it can lead to death.

That is the pro. The con is that they will probably be very angry with you, and that you cannot force cooperation on someone who just will not do it, unless you want to go so far as to have them committed to a facility.

We do interventions for drug addicts and alcoholics, why not for those who are in trouble mentally?

Many years ago, I was sinking deeper and deeper into depression. My sister and husband both saw what was happening to me better than I saw it myself. I had descended to an eating disorder and other self-destructive behaviors. My sister and husband got together and made arrangements for me to go to Minerth/Myer Clinic in Texas. My sister paid my plane fare and helped watch my children.

In the end, I could have chosen not to get on the plane, or not to participate in the therapies there, but I’m so glad I didn’t. While it was a living hell in a lot of ways and I had to have a few more years of counseling, it changed my life in a drastic way. I have become healthy for the first time in my life. I honestly believe if they had not interfered, I would not be healthy: I would be dead. Thanks Brian and Linda.