Can I have my sister put into a mental health facility?
My sister is in need of a lot of help. She's 24 years old, recently diagnosed as having Bipolar disorder. She was prescribed Xanax to control her anxiety attacks but doesn't use it for the prescribed reasons... she's been using the Xanax to get high and also drinks heavily while using it. She's cutting and burning herself she says, to distract her mind from her problems. She's also compulsively lying about everything, very sexually promiscuous and irresponsible. She has been lining up man after man, leading them to believe they are the only one she is dating (sexually) only to wind up getting caught and starting it all over again. She is very impulsive and never thinks anything through. She's gotten into a lot of debt in the last year to the tune of almost $10000 with credit cards and doesn't have a job and refuses to work. She lives with my parents who refuse to make her leave their home because of fear that she will only get into more trouble.
I don't know what to do and I fear that it will only be a matter of time before she winds up in prison or dead.
What can I do? :confused: