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Quote From: lauralp3

I understand you must find it hard to believe, so do I!  And my sister isn't waiting for Dr. Phil to get involved but, to me, this could be her last resort.  She has sought legal advice and the only thing she was able to legally obtain was a paper to have him assessed IF and WHEN he is a danger to himself and she did use this legal paper just over a week ago.  However, the two physcologists who assessed him couldn't do anything, they couldn't keep him because he was somewhat "alert" being he knew his name, where he was, etc.  The laws are different there even compared to the province I live in which is just 4 hours away from her...  See here where I live if 2 people hear someone say they will kill themself and do harm to themself, then you can have them admitted and treated but, it's different over there, you just can't do that.  If there is a time where one can say that the law has let someone down, this is it!  I've seen it now since he's been 12 years of age and it really upsets me!  And yes, this is an urgent issue as my nephew can't continue on like this for very long without something happening to him.  He's also gone to rehab twice I believe in the past of his own will of course but, he went back to the same friends, same enviroment and now things are worse than ever.  Anyhow, just thought someone may have advice of some sort...I've been trying to come up with something on my own but without success.