if the person does not want to see a doctor or use any medication
Psychiatric Disorders - how to get help for a person with schisofrenia?
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- 8 Aug 2009 by zuti
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8 Aug 2009
Zuti, if the person doesn't want to get help, then there really isn't anything you or anyone else can do about the situation. However, if this person is clearly presenting a danger to himself and/or others, then you can ask law enforcement to intervene. If the law does get involved, then the person can be placed on an emergency detention and taken to a psychiatric facility or the nearest emergency room and be assessed for possible admission to a psychiatric hospital. Emergency detention do not count as an arrest and are usually only good for 48 or 72 hours, at which time the person would have to agree to stay at the facility voluntarily until he/she is discharged by a doctor or have an order of protective custody filed on him/her by the doctor thus keeping him/her hospitalized longer. I know it sounds bad, but sometimes people have to get involved in these situations and get help for the person if he/she is at risk for suicide or homicide.
hertsandb...11 Dec 2009
from my experience of people who have this illness, probably the state of this persons condition is not going to get better without help/medication. As said before you cannot force the person to seek help if they dont want it. My advice would be to keep a close eye on this person, the symptoms can be severe and cause extreme behaviour, may in the end need to be sectioned for his or her own personal safety, this is not a pleasant thing to do but may be necessary, Wish you well, and the person you are concerned for,
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That is right! Like an alcoholic; that person has to hit bottom and look up first. No person can do antything unless they WANT too and with no second thoughts. They must admit that what has hold of them is much bigger than anything they can control.Everyone MUST know their own limitations or they will never know what to expext from themseves.
I agree with everyone, my grandmother raised me and she is bipolar and schizophrenic and I have been trying for 20 years, unfortunately unless you can find a way to calmly talk with them and have set some boundaries such as "I will not have my children or myself around you until you try to get some help" or go through the courts your hands are tied. Good luck it is a terrible feeling to have when you can't reason with or help someone in this condition.