[Jamie89]

The recent controversy around Shelley Duvall/Dr Phil got me thinking about this subject. All the issues surrounding her exploitation etc aside, I heard that he took her to a facility to get treatment but she refused help and so she was released. Seeing that she's clearly mentally disturbed though it made me wonder, that she's suffering from paranoid delusions and it's only going to get worse, in which case why is it that consent for help is even needed? If the problem is with her mental state, then maybe she doesn't have the capacity to make a rational decision regarding her mental health. And if she's only going to deteriorate without help is it not cruel to allow that to happen? I don't know, I assume there are ethical issues, I don't know a lot about the subject or what the treatment even involves, it just made me think is all and I'm curious to know more about it/find out what other peoples opinions are.

Basically, do you think treatment for mental health issues should require consent from the sufferer?