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Originally Posted by nostatic

You could have him committed. He either needs serious mental help or he's playing you like a violin.

Or a little of both. I called his shrink today after the threat. The shrink is worthless. He said that it's very hard to get someone committed on the weekend, and that the best bet was to call the cops. At one point he actually said, "he's got such a hard life, I wouldn't want to live either." Then I asked him what he was talking about and why his life was so hard, he said "because of his burns" He wasn't talking about the same patient. He's a worthless piece of crap and no one in my family will be going back to him.

He did say that the cops could take him to the hospital at which point he could be committed, but since he told the cops that he wasn't suicidal, they can't do anything, and the shrink won't help. I think the shrink is more interested in easy work, talk to someone for 30 mins or an hour and prescribe drugs. He's just another part of what's wrong these days.

I got the name of a shrink from this thread, so maybe we'll check her out if we can get to that point.