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Suggest Treatment For Depression Due To Alcohol And Drug Addition

If a 15 yo adolescent boy, grossly depressive, and engaging in self harming, non suicidal behaviour such as massive drinking, drug overdose, etc... can you force him to have therapy and get some medical help as long as his parents/legal care give consent ?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Yes you can be forced for treatment/therapy if there is consent from legal guardian. As per the law of land you can not give consent for any kind of intervention and your legal guardian has the capacity to the same.

Self harming behavior is quite dangerous and it is advisable to get the therapy/treatment as soon as possible. For a depressive individual cognitive behavior therapy, interpersonal therapy are most effective. As you are having addiction problem so enrolling yourself for motivational interviewing is good option too.

Other than these therapies there are around 50 antidepressants are available that can be used for treatment of depression.

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Suggest Treatment For Depression Due To Alcohol And Drug Addition

Dear User, Thanks for using health care magic. Yes you can be forced for treatment/therapy if there is consent from legal guardian. As per the law of land you can not give consent for any kind of intervention and your legal guardian has the capacity to the same. Self harming behavior is quite dangerous and it is advisable to get the therapy/treatment as soon as possible. For a depressive individual cognitive behavior therapy, interpersonal therapy are most effective. As you are having addiction problem so enrolling yourself for motivational interviewing is good option too. Other than these therapies there are around 50 antidepressants are available that can be used for treatment of depression. Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help . Thanks