Referral to psychiatric consultation would be a start. There is a reason why people resort to harmful behaviours and without addressing this you are never going

Referral to psychiatric consultation would be a start. There is a reason why people resort to harmful behaviours and without addressing this you are never going to cure the underlying problem. I guess the alternative is to do nothing and expect people to cure themselves purely through sheer will, as, more or less, what happens now? Please explain how this is working?