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Mental Health Information

HereSince1628

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4. IMO, they need professional advice, legal and psychiatric

Reply to wordpix (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 06:56 PM

Aug 2014

Mental illness by definition results in dysfunction.

Is the dysfunction enough to get him arrested if complaints are sworn out or is the dysfunction serious enough to result in involuntary detention if it is sought are questions whose answer require legal and psychiatric expertise.

You may find helpful references to an appropriate mental health services, for the elderly adults as well as the suspected mentally ill son, through the appropriate state's National Alliance on Mental Illness state website.

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friends need help, mentally ill grown son at home [View all] wordpix Aug 2014 OP

Have your friends contacted the mental health facilities available to see Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author De Leonist Aug 2014 #2

Given the state of things in this country if it were me I would sell the house and go on an extended kickysnana Aug 2014 #3

IMO, they need professional advice, legal and psychiatric HereSince1628 Aug 2014 #4

He sounds like he is unmedicated and Ilsa Aug 2014 #5

They should contact NAMI, the national alliance on mental illness. cbayer Aug 2014 #6