(May 10, 2010 at 7:52 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Well, I just talked to by Ab Psych professor, who is also a private practice psychologist, and she told me that, yes, you'd have to be both diagnosed as mentally ill and certified as a danger to oneself and others to be committed, in America. Of course, the diagnosis shouldn't be too hard. It seems that he has, at least, schizophrenia, depression (albeit one that is in remission) and a tendency to drug addiction. However, the danger to oneself and others might be pretty hard: after all, you did say that he seems to have little contact with other people, and for all we know, you might be the only other person he seems to be in semi-regular contact with (I admit that I might be misinterpreting your relationship here), so it's likely that there are no real others, and for all we know, going into the desert is the extent of his present self-destructive behaviors. I think that the best thing you can do is to find a psychiatrist who can actually give him help. Talking about commitment was definitely premature on my part.
Actually i know him through Youtube comment debates. He spends a lot of time and effort sending lenghty messages to people. This is not real human contact though.
I would also like to know what you meant when you said we should BOTH get diagnosticated with mental illness
