Hello shaunce,

You should call his psychiatrist and ask the doctor to call ahead to the local reputable psych ER and tell them your husband is being taken there and is not to be released, he is to be admitted.  The criteria for admittance to a ward is that a person is a danger to himself or someone else, so you may have to play up that danger to get him admitted involuntarily.

When someone with schizophrenia doesn't think they have a problem this is a symptom called anosognosia, the lack of awareness that you have an illness, and it affects a lot of people diagnosed with SZ.  So because the person doesn't believe he's sick, he doesn't take the meds as you have learned because he doesn't beleive he needs them.

Xavier Amador, PhD wrote a book I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help (2007 Vida Press edition) in which he coaches family members about techniques to use to help persuade loved ones to stay in treatment and take medication.  You may want to read this book, buy it or check it out of the library if the library has a copy.

This is not a quick process because a person who lacks insight may never get that insight.  Yet he can be persuaded to stay in treatment if he is able to link taking the meds with being able to achieve a life goal.

Most psych hospitals will routinely turn away people who are not obviously a danger to themselves or someone else and thus a person has to practically deteriorate before he will be able to get help.  This is why I suggest teaming with your kid's father's doctor to have the doctor work with you to get him in the hospital.  You may have to call the ambulance to take him away and at that time have the psychiatrist call ahead to tell the staff at the hospital that the father is to be admitted and under no circumstance turned away.

Regards,

Christina