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Originally Posted by Withano
I can't think of any forms of therapy that would work without an active attempt from the client, off the top of my head. Also if they're not gonna take and adhere to the medication, they wont recover.
It does seem wrong is keeping them prisoner and forcing them to spend their time in something that would not work any more moral?
I don't know about the case you're talking about but I presume there will be an intervention coming up or has that already failed too? People can't be forced into help, but they occaisionally change their minds after interventions from friends and family
Paranoid delusions is best treated (still a pretty ****ty success rate) with a combination of cognitive behavioural therapy and atypical medication. They both require an active attempt from the client or it will fail, and an active attempt still might result in failure.
I've never heard of involuntary treatment, it sounds pretty interesting but I'd imagine the success rate is very close to zero
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Yeah I was just reading a bit more and it does seem like the sufferer has to be actively involved in the treatments for them to be considered beneficial, I wasn't really aware of that, so I suppose if it's not going to help them then yeah it wouldn't really be moral to force it onto them. Although saying that, if they treat people who don't consent in extreme cases, then it can't be totally useless, otherwise why intervene? I don't know, I think I need to read more about it
I'm not really sure what's happening with the case I mentioned, I heard that there's a go fund me page for her (to pay for treatment) but again, if she doesn't want it I'm not sure if anything would come of it. (Apparently the reason she refused treatment is because she's worried that the doctors will try and kill her
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