Sentence:  Moreover , the shortage of treatment resources and the chronically persistent shortage of mental health manpower <WSD>force</WSD> us to innovate additional refinements of preventive intervention techniques to make services more widely available - and on a more effective basis to more people . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"