How do you go about doing this without physically restraining him or her and forcing them there ?
2007-03-07 02:03:47 · 6 answers · asked by burlingtony 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Treatment can be ordered by the court through CPS. If you are the parent of a minor child, you can make your child attend treatment, but you may have to have other strong adults to get him/her to the facility. You might also want to make sure that the facility is "locked down", meaning that the person cannot leave by running away. It's a little tricky though because you cannot legally "bind" or handcuff the child to take him/her to treatment as that would be considered "abuse". I would talk to the police department and/or the treatment center that you have been accepted at regarding physical restraint and what your options are. You may also want to speak to a juvenile judge regarding your options as far as mental health evaluation or drug treatment.
2007-03-07 03:49:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They must be a threat to themselves or others (threat to self can include living on the street, but usually threat to self means suicidal. Threat to others means they have attacked/threatened others).
You have to physically restrain them if they don't want to go. You have to call the police and have them do it, and that will be an ugly scene and the person may never forgive you, plus the police often aren't trained to handle people with mental illnesses. So the person might get tasered or injured. They may get post traumatic stress disorder from the experience. And the police will have to agree with you in the first place that this person needs to be restrained.
You can go to nami.org and look for a local contact number (national association on mental illness) and call them up. In general, I think this is a terrible idea except in the most dire of circumstances. If it were me, I would never forgive you (unless my illness was making me threaten others, but not if I was suicidal. I'd rather risk suicide than be forcibly incarcerated).
Best way is to persuade them to go. Get family and friends to convince them in a nonjudgmental way.
2007-03-07 10:58:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are in scary territory here. In Canada, to commit someone, a doctor must assess them and they must be one of three things. A danger to him/her self, a danger to others, or incapable of making decisions for them selves. No doctor wants to go there for fear of being sued so most of the time, people are committed for treatment, by the court system. As for minors, this depends on there age. You will have to look up local laws regarding mental health. If at any time you force anyone to get help, physically,you will be charged so don't try it.
2007-03-07 10:24:59 · answer #3 · answered by Lab 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as a minor goes, if you are the parent, you have the right to take them.
As an adult, it gets more tricky
2007-03-07 10:07:14 · answer #4 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think so. If you are parent or legal gaurdian, anyway. If not, get a court order.
2007-03-07 11:09:28 · answer #5 · answered by Chibi Chan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not unless you can prove he or she is a treat to himself or others.
2007-03-07 10:40:54 · answer #6 · answered by katangel_1971 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋