how can you convince a family member to keep a relative in a medical hospital for treatment of psychosis?

[Joy]

Oh dear. This is terribly difficult and it depends a lot on how much influence these people have on the person who is sick. The one with the closest relationship or a partner should be able to swing the decision to the safe sensible one. If this is an outsider who's not around the sick person much you can see where they are coming from but they can't imagine the sick person being so sick all the time at home. If they only see them behaving well on medications in hospital they have no concept of what levels they can deteriorate to. Sick people half better in hospital can give a sterling oscar winning performance of how to be well! They practise on the staff there.

Maybe the staff can help convince the person who wants to let the sick person go home with no medication or support. Do they know what the diagnosis is and if so do they know what it means? Can you think of any specific events that have taken pace when the sick person is off medications? If so be sure to relate them in full detail to the misguided person who wants to let them go off doing their own thing. Make sure they really know what psychosis is and what specific psychosis this person has.

Maye the person is sick enough to be Sectioned under the Mental Health Act and forced to take the drugs until they are well enough to accept they are sick and need the chemicals to re-balance their brain's neurotransmitters. If so you can point this out to the misguided relative to emphasise the point you are making. Mental health staff and psychiatrists don't want to lock up well, happy, balanced people and drug them up at vast expense for the fun of it! Make the point that this person is so sick they can't even see how sick they are.

Good luck for resolving this one!