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> What's the saying... "My body, My choice" ? Someone needs to be of sound mind to make a choice. Clearly you can't sign life-changing legal documents, or test

> What's the saying... "My body, My choice" ? Someone needs to be of sound mind to make a choice. Clearly you can't sign life-changing legal documents, or testify in court while drunk. A range of other conditions, like deep depression, state of shock, etc. count. Does addiction? Surely a definition of addiction is that you cannot stop, i.e. its a mental condition. Like if someone ia diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, do we ask them if they want treatment? No, we have to treat then anyway. I do not think this is a slippery slope, the conditions are fairly well defibed.

TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
> if someone is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, do we ask them if they want treatment? No, we have to treat then anyway. That is not true in all US states. One cannot be committed to a mental institution against one’s will unless ordered by a judge. And one can’t be forced to ingest antipsychotics unless committed against one’s will. It’s a very high bar to get a judge to commit a person against their will, and it only lasts 30 days or less.