How do you get some one the help they so greatly need?

Question

If you know someone who is mentally ill, and needs help immediatly how do you get the person to the family doctor to be checked out. This person is either going through a breakdown or is paranoid, the person is constantly making things up in his head. If you are talking about something completely different the person thinks you are talking about themselves. The person is also attacking people now with vicious words and is quite agressive. Everbody is walking on pins and needles. Whats the next step is anyone knowledgeable in this field.

Answer 1

Know that keeping him around and not getting him help is only worsening his condition. If he is doing all these things, then take advantage of the very next bad episode he has, and call the police or ambulance to have him evaluated. It is a difficult thing to get someone admitted if they don't want to be helped.
Also, contact your county social worker. You may give them enough information to make a case for them to get your loved one into a hospital. When someone is sick, and you try and get them help, they may think you don't love them or you are betraying them. You are not. You love them, and when they get healthy again, they will realize what you did for them was something that needed to be done, that you had no choice.
The results of not doing anything and tolerating his behavior could result in him getting hurt or hurting someone else. Don't delay. Do whatever you have to to get him help. Do you suspect he may be using drugs?
Take care, I hope your situation gets better....
I don't know who he is in relation to you, but sometimes they refuse help, and sometimes the medical field people can do nothing. You have to consider what is more important to you? Your health and your well being, or being crushed by someone who is hurting you all the time, not on purpose, but even so, is still hurting you. Sometimes, the only thing left to do is walk away. I hope this is not true in your case, but you do have to remember that you come first.
I ended up in the mental health center because I was putting other people first. I was there for 18 days. I got a lot of help I needed. But, I just wanted to share this with you, so you know how damaging it can be to your heart and mind.

Answer 2

If i was you i would try and get him into see a specialist asap sounds like he could have a personality disorder (schizophrenic) I'm no doctor but it can be controlled with pills if you have problems with getting them to see a doctor it may sound nasty but lie to them about were there going or try and get someone to come out and see them.They may dislike you for a while but at the end of the day it yours and there health you have to look after you cant walk around on egg shells best to get them some kind of help asap or it may just be depression everyone deals with depression differently good luck in what you do

Answer 3

if someone is that bad and could be a danger to them selves or others then best thing to do is get your doctor/or a social worker to do a home visit..... thats best then they can see where they go from there...

i have worked in the community and it maybe be that this person can stay out of hospital, but if they are getting aggressive then they may need hospitalisation and an assessment there.....

GET HELP QUICKLY BEFORE THIS PERSON DOES SOMEONE HARM!!!!

this sounds a very dangerous situation.. please do not ignore it.. stress to your doctor that you need a psychicatriclly trained doctor to come and assess them now!!! do not wait days or let them fob you off...... stress you want them out now!!!

just because he hasnt accepted theres a problem doesnt mean anything, a doc can do an assessment and if he deems them unwell then they can be sectioned and forced to have treatment till they get better and become aware the meds. are helping...

Answer 4

The person you are identifying with is defi-nitely mentally ill. The community where you live should have mental health informa-tion available at their office. You should
make this person an appointment and even
go along with her. The person may be
seriously ill, no telling what could happen.
They should also have a listing of support
groups that help them. Medicine may also be the answer.

Answer 5

If you live in the UK, tomorrow look up your mental health department (under your local health authority) in the yellow pages and speak to a nurse or doctor (not just the receptionist). Tell them he is becoming aggressive and that he needs a visit NOW. With the greatest respect to GPs, they are not always the best ones to speak to regarding serious mental ill health. He may well be sectioned (my sister was) which was awful, but now my sister looks on it as her luckiest day. It marked the return to sanity and out of the hell of mental ill health. It took many years for us to find the help she needed as she was beyond helping herself. Be persistant for their sake. Good luck

Answer 6

find the person who is closest with and see if that person can either get him to his doctor. If not, get that person to speak to his doctor. If that does not help, call a local crisis hotline to see what the process is in your area to get a person like your friend help. The usual standard is that the person is a clear and present danger to himself or others, but it varies based on locality. . Usually being bizarre or using nasty language is not enough of a danger.

Encourage the person you are concerned about to seek help on his own. It is far better to go to treatment voluntarily than involuntarily.

Hope that helps.

Answer 7

if he is getting a danger to himself and/ or others, you'll have to get him sectioned. how this is done differs from state to state. it usually involves two doctors making the decision that this person is unaccountable for his actions/ mentally incompetent at the moment and their next of kin signing off for it. the person will then be committed to psychiatric care where their mental state will be assessed. if they are deemed to be mentally ill, they'll be kept in for the moment, given therapy and reassessed on a regular basis. once they turn out fine, they can go home. should their mental illness be more serious or chronic, other treatment laws come into operation. you quite likely won't be able to get this person to the doctor because unfortunately they'll very likely think they're perfectly fine and refuse to go. you'll therefore have to call your doctor, tell them your concerns and ask them to come out to the patient's house. this is a really crappy situation to be in, good luck!

Answer 8

There is nothing you can do if the person does not want to seek help...UNLESS... the person becomes a threat to them-self or others (meaning violent behavior). Then they can be involuntarily committed until an evaluation is made. You may need to involve law enforcement and EMS to make this happen. If violence erupts, call 911 immediately.

Answer 9

It sounds terrible but you cannot get them help UNLESS you are sure they are a danger to themselves or someone else. You can encourage them to seek help even offering to go with them but you cannot call their doctor. HIPPA laws, you know.
If you are sure they are a danger you should either call a suicide prevention hotline from your phone book or the local police non emergency number.
If the person is a minor you can talk to their parent, they can get the child help.
Good luck.

Answer 10

can you get a doctor to them, rather than take them to see one. it's a long process, that will keep you all walking on pins and needles for a while. all i can suggest is either tell them you are taking them to a shop, and take them to the doctors instead.
or visit the docors by yourself first and try to get some sedatives, so you can then take them to the doctors. good luck