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3. Actually, it can.

Reply to snagglepuss (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 07:47 PM

Dec 2012

Mental illness, unlike other illness, is often treated involuntarily on the theory that the person's ability to make informed decisions about care has been eroded by the mental illness.

I've known many "a religious fanatic" that have been successfully treated because their problem was illness, not religious fanaticism.

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I think they need to beef up their access to psychiatric services. cbayer Dec 2012 #1

Show me a religious fanatic that would be open to psychiatric help. snagglepuss Dec 2012 #2

Actually, it can. rug Dec 2012 #3

This is true of many, or not most, people with psychotic illnesses - religious or not. cbayer Dec 2012 #4

"The aim is ... to detect .. when an opinion turns into a potentially violent and criminal excess" Jim__ Dec 2012 #5