Hi there,
One of my colleagues at the BC Schizophrenia Society recommended this article "It's not about "DENIAL" by Dr. Xavier Amador. She says it's very helpful for families at her support group meetings. It was published in Schizophrenia Digest, Winter 2007. It talks about his strategies for convincing a person who doesn't believe they are ill to get treatment. Dr. Amador is a psychiatrist and has a brother with a mental illness.

Here's a link to it: http://www.xavieramador.com/wordpress/w ... ter-07.pdf

And here's a video of him talking on the same topic - how to get someone engaged in treatment for schizophrenia (mainly) if they don't believe they are ill. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 7314023921

Here's a description of his LEAP method for improving communication. http://www.eastcommunity.org/shop/images/leap.pdf

Here's a quote I'm including to give you an idea: 'Research shows that about 50 percent of persons with schizophrenia (about 1.5 million in the U.S.) do not know they have an illness, and this unawareness does not improve with education, time, or treatment. I purposely did not use the term "denial" in the previous sentence because this problem is not denial. Denial is a coping strategy, a way we deal with painful knowledge. People in denial know something deep down inside (unconsciously), but they lie to themselves about it. But the research indicates that this is not what we are dealing with when, after months and years of evidence, the person still does not believe she or he is ill. What we are dealing with here is anosognosia (AH-no-sog-NO-sia)-a neurological syndrome that leaves patients unaware that they are ill."

Sophia

PS: He also has a book that may be helpful called "I am not sick, I don't need help!": http://www.xavieramador.com/books/i-am- ... need-help/

This psychologist has done great work! These resources are so wonderful. He had a brother with schizophrenia that died in a bus accident about 2 years ago. So sad.