# How do you convince mentally ill person they need help? Sorry, long.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-convince-mentally-ill-person-they-need-help-sorry-long/806769>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 16, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-convince-mentally-ill-person-they-need-help-sorry-long/806769 "2018-01-16T18:31:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-convince-mentally-ill-person-they-need-help-sorry-long/806769/21 "2018-01-20T18:39:34Z")

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I’m sorry I didn’t see this before. Since this is seeking answers to medical questions and also asking for opinions I’ll be moving it to IMHO.

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