Does PsychCentral have a forum for family of people with mental health issues? I looked everywhere and couldn't find one. I am a regular here (I have bipolar disorder) and am kind of glad this forum doesn't get inundated with such posts, but I could really use such support in regards to my dad. He's having severe issues and my siblings and I really don't know what to do even though my sister also has a formal bipolar disorder diagnosis, and her youngest son did, too (he took his life over a year ago). It's a helpless position to be in when a family member rejects proper treatment and is going down a scary path. He has admitted to having alcohol issues (and they are more than proved) and his psychological state is getting scarier and scarier. He broke up with his girlfriend of 8 years a week ago (with whom he broke up with multiple times), and is now professing love for his housekeeper, who my sister and I have never met. He's apparently bringing her to a family reunion this Saturday and we're afraid of what he'll say and do. I only heard of this extreme "love" when he called me a few days ago in extreme excitement. He has only ever gone to his psychiatrist when depressed and has refused to let my siblings and I join him on the rare occasions he ever goes. Over the years many people have approached my siblings, my husband, and me about his behavior. We know what is likely wrong. Probably the same thing his mother dealt with, too. Honestly, we've seen it off and on our whole lives and it became almost "normalized" to a degree.