NAMI offers Support, Education, Advocacy and Research. I think the best source for immediate information. Contact your local chapter for help or use the information below to contact them to discuss your current situation and to get some advice and support. Every person is also entitled to be fully informed about specific medications and procedures and the risks, possible undesirable side effects of such medications and procedures, and other options. The risks and possible undesirable side effects of refusing treatment and what the alternatives are should also be a part of this information process.
Every consumer has a right to be part of individual treatment planning.
Every consumer has the right to be informed of all community services and supports. With adequate professional consultation, every person with a brain disorder who has the capacity and competence to do so should be entitled to manage his or her own treatment. Your ill relatives psychiatrist or physician or both should be contacted. Find them in the yellow pages of your telephone book and call them. In Canada contact the Canadian Mental Health Association.