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Old Jan 10, 2010, 04:50 PM
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SevenMile, please don't go to the inpatient treatment when you know it's wrong. You don't have to go. It is very coercive that the agency would try to get you to go by saying you can't see your current counselor anymore if you won't go. They are holding the "carrot" of your therapeutic relationship over your head to coerce you to go. IMO, they are being unethical on many levels. If it were me, I might go speak with a lawyer at a local, free legal aid clinic, such as at a law school. It might be helpful to hear what they say, even if you are not intending legal action. Another source of information and support might be your local chapter of NAMI. They are advocates for the mentally ill, who are a vulnerable population that many try to take advantage of. Here is the national site for NAMI:
http://nami.org
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Thanks for this!
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