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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, there is nothing the next door neighbors can do other than be kind and offer support to the parents.

[b]It is legal for the schizophrenic son to refuse meds.  Many of the meds have very, very strong side effects that are much worse than the hallucination symptoms to the schizophrenic.[/b]

If the neighbors don't like someone talking to himself in the yard they can move away.

In my state the schizophrenic can be hospitalized for 72 hours involuntarily ONLY IF THEY ARE A DANGER TO THEMSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. Your description does not
meet those standards.  Even if the schizophrenic gets meds
when under 72 hour hold they are free to stop the meds
upon release.

It is totally legal to be an untreated schizophrenic in America.

My uncle and brother both had schizophrenia.  Both 
preferred to be untreated and both had lawyers on call.

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Just have to state the obvious, in case: I agree with you that these antipsychotics have really strong and undesirable side effects, and that may be the impetus for not taking them in some cases. But the reality is that many people who have schizophrenia or bipolar etc etc and don’t take their meds do so because they truly - in their minds - don’t believe they are sick. That’s one of the worst parts of that disease, they vehemently believe there is nothing wrong and they do NOT need help. It’s not like their train of thought is: “I’m schizophrenic! But that medication causes weight gain, I don’t think it’s worth it.”[/quote]

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