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Hi my name is yogen. My father's age is 50 years and has depression for last 5 years because of business loss and now doesn't do any work but he doesn't feel that he has that problem but we as a family can see that. Major problem is that he doesn't take any medicine we force but he doesn't understand that earlier we have started with his treatment in RML Hospital but he didn't complete his medicine course and never gone for next visit that's why I want your advise how can we handle such situation because depression problem will affect him more and more as he's not taking medicine or visiting doctor. Even if we force him to take medicine he gets aggressive so I request you please advise.
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He has some more to offer in life and must get help soon. I suggest that you put the medicine in his food and that way without his knowledge you can administer medication and get some compliance. Over a period of time he will become more amenable to the suggestion of seeking treatment. Talk to your doctor about this approach and he will prescribe medicines that cannot be easily identified in the food. Along with that you could suggest counseling treatment in tandem with the medication. Then the counsellor could also suggest various approaches that he will be more willing to consider.
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