Good afternoon, everyone. It's Dr. Niagara again. Our next episode of Psychology Unplugged.

Again, a heartfelt thank you to all of our followers, both here in the United States and internationally.

I enjoy doing this on a weekly basis. It's really fun, especially when I get to talk with you guys and you email or or text or call and

I try to get back to as many people as possible.

So if I haven't gotten back to you, please keep reaching out.

And I always like when people give suggestions for topics.

And it's somebody, like I said,

somebody can answer real quickly and others I figure

because I don't know how I could fill up, you know,

20, 30 minutes a week on a specific topic, but it's not because I'm not interested.

And one of the common questions that I guess I've received lately, but has been somewhat pervasive

throughout doing the podcast as how, how do you get somebody involved in the mental health system if you are not the one struggling.

And I did an episode in the past, maybe a year or two ago, on help rejectors.

And I would, you know, I guess maybe this is part two, but I think it warrants, it warrants a

revisitation because a common question that I get is, how do I get my brother into therapy?

How do I get my sister into rehab? how do I get my mother who's had this

long-standing condition to even go for a neuropsychievel or how do I get someone to take medications

and I don't have an easy answer for this.

And I don't think that there is a one-size-fits-all model. I think for any individual entering or is reticent to enter the mental health system,

I think it's important to explore the different possible reasons. One I think of the most common is probably denial. Denial because of the

shame associated with mental health and something that I have deliberately

tried to convey throughout all of the episodes of the podcast is, you know, removing the

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