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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve got an adult kid in a similar situation but not as chaotic. I would definitely take the car away. Try to learn about resources from local NAMI participant parents.

I do think in 20 years we will be embarrassed at allowing the mentally ill to be homeless and “free.” It’s a terrible overextension of personal liberty.

Johns Hopkins has a schizophrenia center if you’re closer to Baltimore. Call![/quote]

Sadly we are forty+ years into this crisis. Reagan effectively took the money for community supports, which was to accompany closing mental institutions, and channeled it into GOP donors' pockets. There are individual GOP electeds (e.g., late Sen. Pete Domenici) who support increased financing for mental health needs, but most do not. [/quote]

Same. My 64 year old sister came down with it in college and only became compliant with meds and therapy after a suicide attempt several years ago. She could not live on her own without accumulating substantial credit card debt (resulting in bankruptcy) or keeping her rented apartment in such poor condition that the landlord refused to renew her lease. Twice she called the cops on other tenants due to her paranoia. My parents took her back in to avoid homelessness. They recently passed and now we siblings must deal with her still living in my parents' house and hoarding it. But she takes her meds and attends weekly therapy. She is as stable as we have ever seen her since diagnosis. She needs to be supported financially and emotionally the rest of her life or she will be homeless.  [/quote]

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