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Suggest treatment for clinical depression with psychosis
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Mother diagnosed: clinical depression with psychosis, severe anxiety d/o. Sleeps maybe 3-4 hrs a night. 70 lb wt loss over past two yrs ( since death of spouse). i am daughter and a nurse. Have taken to neuropsychologist, psychiatrists and brief in house treatment ( she left after two days). Daily negativity related to EVERYTHING. Accepts no responsibility for actions, very delusional related to current situations. Lack of ability to have absract thinking. Refuses to admit anything wrong even w professional dx. Term mental illness just provokes anger and immediate deflection to people around her. She refuses treatment and I am at the end of my rope. How do I get her to admit problem and seek tx?
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hi, Many people go through this kind of problem. You have different options1. Take psychiatrists or legal help and admit her on involuntary admission and once she improves she will gain insight2. Give medicines prescribed to her without her knowledge covertly in food or drinks. depends on the law of your land -It is considered illegal and arguably unethical, in some parts of the world.3. Don't argue or confront    direct conversations in such a way that she comes out with her inabilities and enumerate her problems. Can use non mental models like explaining physical problems or weakness as reason to the inabilities and take treatment for same.4. Take help of psychologist for insight oriented psychotherapy5.Talk about the stigma and motivate to get rid of stigma.Choose any but keep the first option aways open. Hope your effort succeeds.