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My ex brother in law suffers from manic depression. When he is stable, he holds a good job, he was able to complete his Master's Degree and almost finished his PHD in psychology. But when he cracks (doesn't take medication), he has delusions that he is Jesus Christ, and has feelings of grandeur, and invincibility.
Last month, he quit his job because he believed that he was not only Jesus, but a model and was about to get a modeling contract in Paris. He busted his phone, and smashed his car up. He was bringing homeless people into the home he was renting with another roommate, and was promptly thrown out.
He has been missing ever since. My sister and my niece filled out a missing person's report. So far, he hasn't been found. He has no phone, no money, no car and no home. Aside from filling out a missing person's report and checking hospitals and homeless shelters, what else can they do??
We are all so worried about him. He is a good man...just sick...
I do know that in the case of an adult and in the absence of evidence of foul play, the police will not normally go to great lengths to investigate, as it is not a crime to voluntarily disappear. Once family members have investigated to the limited extent they know how, there is not much left. Therefore, I would recommend hiring a private investigator, if the family can afford it. If the private investigator is a retired police detective, for example, he would know all kinds of little tricks and avenues that you and I would never think of.
If you have a missing loved one with serious mental illness, the following steps and information may be helpful:
Step 1.) Notify your local police immediately of your missing loved one and provide them with all the information you can. If the person remains missing more than three (3) days, ask the police to place them on the FBI's National Computer (NCIC) list as an "endangered adult". This computer network provides information nationwide. The network will give you a police number to use when searching for your relative.
Step 2.) When missing persons with mental illness over age 21 are located, the police and other agencies cannot hold or ask that they be held against their will if they have not committed a crime. No one has the authority to force the person to seek aid or medical care against his or her will unless there is a medical guardianship or court order specifying what action to take when the individual is found.
Step 3.) Prepare a one-page flyer which includes a picture of the missing person, along with his or her vital statistics (age, height, weight, hair color, eye color, clothes last seen wearing, last known location, etc.).
Manic depression is treated with mood stabilizers, Depakote, Lithium or lamacal. Has he had any of these?
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