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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She is a legal adult. In the US it is legal to have unmedicated mental illness.

There is very little her family can do since she is an adult.[/quote]
This is the hard part.  We had a family member in a manic, psychotic state recently and tried and tried and tried to get them help.  The system absolutely wasn't effective and failed to do anything, despite caring family members doing everything they could to advocate.

The mentally ill family member was calling the DC police multiple times per night because she was hallucinating things, unplugging all appliances (including refrigerators and furnaces) to keep them from spying on her, and doing lots of other completely irrational things.  She then totaled her car fleeing from a hallucination.  When taken to the ER by family she was determined not to be a danger to herself and others and they refused to treat her.  The police made the same determination.  She ultimately broke into her landlord's apartment, stole car keys, stole their car and totaled their car at high speed.  Even after being arrested she was still only held for 24 hours because she wasn't determined to be a threat, despite family members arguing that she needed to be held in a hospital and stabilized on meds.  Nevermind she was driving the stolen car at an insane speed and could have easily killed someone.

If you've ever tried to get a mentally ill person help, you'll quickly realize how impossible it can be.  If their mental illness has them paranoid of receiving care, there is very very little you can do to help them.[/quote]

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