[b112]

You can't force a mentally ill family member to get the care they need if they don't want to.

Your most certainly can, if you can prove to a judge that they are mentally ill, and unable to make decisions for themselves.

[SkyPuncher]

My wife works in mental health.

What you describe is technically possible, but extremely rare. Even when someone is involuntarily admitted, the stay is typically capped.

Generally, as long as an individual isn't harming other people, "the system" doesn't have a reason to pursue a judgement. Many of these people are isolated from family/support systems or have nobody to actually care or advocate for them.

Further, many of them have complex cases. While treatment may be effective temporarily, it's hard to sustain the level of care after an admission.

[rhino369]

The standard is very hard to meet. These mentally ill drug addicts homeless people usually don’t qualify.

[tiahura]

Are you paying?

Back in the day the police would beat the crap out of the lowlifes and drop them off outside of town.

And then the liberal guilt peddlers made noise and the men got weak.