Call your local social services and report that you think she may be a vulnerable adult.....then tell them why...and they SHOULD refer her case to someone to investigate...You can also make this call anonymously
This is good advice. You can also call and talk to local or state mental health professionals and ask if your friend needs an assigned worker or at the very least an assessment.
Sorry, but I don’t necessarily agree. It depends on the precise nature of the medical condition. Tossing social services at her prematurely could have lasting damaging effects, both physically and personally.
First, psychotropic treatment regimens are often in the nature of self-fulfilling prophecies. The science of psychotropic effect is sketchy at best, and the mechanisms for “cure” are poorly understood and chemically primitive. There is some evidence that some treatments, even at the supposedly correct dosage, actually make the disorder worse over extended periods of time.
Furthermore, if she once gets absorbed by the “system,” and in particular if it goes as far as an involuntary commitment, she will have a “record” that can result in various forms of debilitating discriminatory treatment. If it is necessary, then so be it. But the cost should be weighed before going that direction. Make sure it’s the not the meds first. That’s all I’m saying. Her life will change permanently for the worse if a mistake is made here.