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Message: [QUOTE="DoctorBombay, post: 4799880, member: 626"] Or trying to. Trust me, from personal experience I can tell you that the family is often the least powerful, but only source of help the mentally ill may have. My stepbrother has had schizophrenia all his life and the episodes he'd have, especially when we were growing up, were debilitating to everyone in my family. When he reached the age of 16, it got worse because at that time the law allowed him to make his own decisions on care. The family was helpless as we watched him struggle. Let's just hope it doesn't get so bad that law enforcement gets involved & they take action, against his will, to get him the help he needs. [/QUOTE]