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[quote=Anonymous]I am not excusing Neely's behavior, but I don't think most people realize how difficult it is to 1) get someone into psychiatric and/or substance use treatment 2) keep them there for the required amount of time, and 3) have them take their medication regularly when they get out. It's almost impossible. I know this because close family friends have gone through hell to help their adult bipolar/substance-using son. This is a white, UMD family with loving, caring parents and good health insurance. After years of the son cycling through rehab programs, the parents worked with local authorities to make him a ward of the state in order to avail of treatment after their insurance would no longer cover it. He cycles between jail, the psych ward, and state-supported treatment programs with no end in sight and no hope of improving. Sometimes he is homeless; sometimes he stays in state-funded housing for recovering alcoholics/addicts. No one can force him to take his medication when he is not in jail or not in a treatment facility. Imagine how much worse it is for mentally ill/substance users with weak family ties and few or no financial resources. Again, not an excuse but just trying to provide some context on how very difficult the challenge is.[/quote]

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