Wow 25 years!!! you must have had a hard time dealing with it. i am shhitzophrenic myself and feel like a burden sometimes when i need the hospital. are you thinking of getting together again. maybehe needs a hospial stay to get on meds and be stabelized? iknow it does work with a doc and t i feel stable now. havn't had a hospital stay since 2008. i am on clozapam i think something like that. it changed my whole life. maybe he can help himself, you are not the one who has to put the effort in, but he does too. hopefully he won't deny he has it.