[marygeorg]

I would lke to know what to do for my 22 year old son who is mentally unstable .how can I enforce treatment?

[J_9]

We need details to help you properly.

[marygeorg]

We need details to help you properly.

He has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder since the age of 12. It has been a rough road, he is now living with a girl. He has been living with for 3 yrs has a daughter that is almost 2 and the girlfriend also has a child from a previous relationship she is 4.he is mentally and physically abusive to the girlfriend and verbally abusive to the kids. He is not on medications he has had bad luck with it in the past and is reluctant to try again. I have gotten DSS involved but its just not doing enough because the girlfriend is not being honest . I get frequent calls from both my son and girlfriend and find my son to be verbally abusive to me . I am in constant worry over the kids and I have had enough.he is so up and down right now that it does not take much to trigger him. I just feel nothing is going to change unless it is forced

[J_9]

Unfortunately there is little more that you can do that you have not done already. You cannot force an adult into psychiatric hospitalization if they are not willing. The girlfriend will need to call 911 when she or the children are being abused for him to be taken to the hospital for 72 hour psychiatric evaluation.

[Fr_Chuck]

Sorry there is almost nothing you can do. Unless you can prove in court that he is not able to care for hisself, ( and those are fairly loose guidelines.) but you would have to prove he can not care for hisself and be declared his guardian.