 [ Symptoms ] what do you do when the person that has schizophreina wont get help and is becomming distructive and violet my ex husband became so horrible and violet i had to leave him and get a divorce from him i had to go into hiding with my children just to keep us safe the police would never help us because he was not stupid and knew just how far he could go before getting into trouble after the divorce i had his rights terminated he did not even care was stone cold like a robot he abused us beat us mentally hurt the children and much more so what do you do with someone like this [ Disease ] the mental health laws are pretty clear in most areas of the country in order to be hospitalized against your will the patient must be a danger to themselves or others your ex husband is too slick to allow the occurrence of involuntary commitment it sounds like you will always care about this man and that is ok after all you married this man because you loved him and he will always be the father of your children at one time he probably was psychiatrically well and a high quality person but unless he gets some type of professional help you must let him go and move on with your life he can not help being sick and apparently is not ready to seek treatment it sounds like you went through much hurt during your marriage to this man please consider securing some type of therapy to recover from the years of physical abuse emotional turmoil and fear life is very short even if you life to be 100 years old it is time to experience joy what not start your new life of happiness today