hello folks,

its very unfortunate i have a friend who is mentally-ill. he is sometimes normal and sometimes totally nuts. lately i heard his parent had abandoned him because of his violence. thus, he is now homeless. can i get some advice how to help or manage him legally ? where can i get consultation pertaining to such issue? any advice is very much appreciated.

thanks.

This post has been edited by smallandrew: May 24 2010, 05:47 PM

You should bring him to psychologist pr psychiatrist for treatment and consult his opinion if he is seriously ill.

contact dept of welfare. They should be able to help. You bring him to psychologist also no use cause who can pay for the consultation fee?

How old is he? If he's still below 18 you can register him for special courses which are partially funded by the government.

he is in his mid 30s. despite the cost, we have no idea how to bring him for check-up or treatment. he could be violent and scary at times and on other times he is a fine man. it got worse now as we hardly understands what he is talking. talking about cost, i can only think of government hospitals which im not sure what is the proper procedure especially when the parent is not involved.

what is the contact no for dept of welfare if such dept exist ?

seems like schizophrenia to me...
better send him to the gov psychiatric ward...

First of all, you need to get the consent letter from the family if you are given the permission to take him for treatment/care. Take that letter along with you, bring him to one of the governtment hospital, to get him a certified letter regardless about his mental illness, especially with the stages of it. Then head to the welfare department, there are different homes in Malaysia meant for mental illness people, I do have a contact of them, if you want I can give you a hand on that. They do take care of them and cost will be free if he is under the care of those homes.