[costello]

The latest Madness Radio is a pretty good one, I think.

How can family members help a relative in extreme crisis - instead of worsening the situation? Is there a way out of treatment power struggles and arguments about "insight"? And what do families need to change about themselves? Psychiatric survivor Krista MacKinnon, formerly at Toronto's Family Outreach and Response program and now Director of Practice Recovery, discusses practical methods for turning family relationships into tools for healing.

Madness Radio: Effective Family Support Krista MacKinnon | Madness Radio

[newtus]

theres a fb page for sz caregivers

[newtus]

@costello

how do u kno when ur son needs to be in hospital

[costello]

Originally Posted by newtus

@costello

how do u kno when ur son needs to be in hospital

I don't know. He hasn't been in the hospital for a long time. The last time I pressured him into going was when he was so angry he was screaming at me and throwing the furniture around, and he refused to increased the dosage on his medication. It just didn't seem like a safe situation. I guess I could have just told him to get out of my house unless he couldn't stop flying into rages.

The time before that he was out of my house for hitting me, and he wasn't doing well in the mhc temporary housing, and he was really psychotic, so they forced him into the hospital.

I think my threshold for hospitalization has gone up a lot over the years. Just being really paranoid or something isn't enough. There'd have to be some problem in being able to care for himself and no other options of places to stay.

[newtus]

he lives by himself right now right?

do u like watch him closely or something?

[costello]

Originally Posted by newtus

he lives by himself right now right?

do u like watch him closely or something?

He lives by himself. I don't watch him closely.

[newtus]

thanks costello i was jw really