To me, freezing yourself to death seems like a case of 'danger to self' but I'm neither a lawyer nor a doctor. But in other situations, the question arises jus

To me, freezing yourself to death seems like a case of 'danger to self' but I'm neither a lawyer nor a doctor. But in other situations, the question arises just like in the article. At what point do you want to dose the individual with a sense of reality? If their mentally-ill self is content with the life they lead and "curing" them of it will leave them empty, sad, and hollow (in addition to the side effects of medication), is the arguably a better option? If you factor in the fact that the hospital won't be there to help him rehab back into society, I can see the decision being difficult to make, as the author mentions.