How To Start Psychiatric Treatment

Why don't you first speak to a reputed counsellor or psychiatrist in your area by yourself, explain the problem and he/she may advice you the best recourse that may be called for.

This bit of information indicates that he is somewhat functional, infact even highly functional if he is successful at work. Maybe there is nothing wrong with him. Or maybe there is - but very few will be able to accept a suggestion of visiting a psychiatrist like a champ, and even if they actually show up, most will drop out unless they are themselves convinced they need help.

You cannot involuntarily commit him unless he is considered clinically insane or has been diagnosed as a threat to himself or others. Mere shouting or feeling suspicious about things doesn't qualify him to be diagnosed as 'sick' - especially if that diagnosis is made by non-professionals.

Please do not commit a blunder by doing anything without his consent - it will be illegal. First see a counselor by yourself and examine what he/she has to say as feedback to your inputs. He may suggest bringing your brother in or he may even respond confirming that nothing needs to be done now. He may even have some ideas for you and your family - because only a professional is qualified to tell who has the problem, if at all, and what needs to be done. Please realize it will be illegal for a doctor to prescribe medication for a patient he has not himself seen and diagnosed. Even if he is diagnosed with some issue (depression / bipolar / schizophrenia etc) requiring medication, recovery comes from disciplined intake of medicines which in turn is possible only when the patient believes in the line of treatment. Medicines not taken regularly have the possibility of creating serious mental side-effects.

Hence, even if you take action, with the best of intentions, but without your brother's consent, it may amount to cruelty and may even result in tragic consequences.

In the interim, please stop telling your brother that he is sick and he needs treatment. It hasn't helped so far and I'm guessing that it will only rile him up.

 

first you or ur mom find the doctor, go and talk, they will ask u to bring him, but as a starting point , they may give some medicine to start with.

 

My close friend's husband had similar problem...she went to a reputed psychiatric dr...the dr. prescribed some medicine...which she used to give him in roohafza...as he's fond of this drink...he's much better now as he eventually visited the dr..