Having a relative who has a brother that has schizophrenia and bipolar. The name will be used is Bob for the brother of the relative. This is also known as schizso effective which are two different disorders, as have been told. Bob was diagnosed at the age of 18 or 19 with schizophrenia. He did not serve a mission even though he was raised a member of the church. The brother and his sister in law think he would have had a lot of trouble with companions. He has been in and out of hospitals a few times. He can tell when his medicine is out and Bob will admit himself into the hospital. He has had roommates in the past and now he lives on his own. Bob does not work and the way he supports himself is through social security. Bob’s housing is subsidized; people will come into his home every month to do a clean check. He has people helping now with his finances. He will go to the Aliant House that has case managers to help. He volunteers at the Aliant House to socialize with others with the same personality he has. It is a way he can work and socialize at the same time. A place to keep Bob safe. The Aliant House is like a halfway house. Bob has always had a high IQ but he has never been able to develop some of the ideas he has had. He has had ideas such as the battery but has never been …show more content…
He also hears voices and he will say to his brother, the voices are telling me this and that. Then he will say should I listen to them? When his brother has conversations with him, they are usually about things that have happened when he was a preteen. Such as star wars, star trek and others. He will be in his fifties this year. Therefore, his preteens have been a long time ago. When Bob calls his brother and his brother sees it is he, his brother has to gear up mentally with the conversation they will have together. In society when he talks he is dis conjoined with the conversations he has with