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How do you send an adult to alcohol rehab?

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Dr. Susan Uhrich answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Most rehab programs: Will only accept voluntary patients, so the answer is, you can't send someone to rehab unless they want to go.

Dr Pappas and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/7/2016

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