Archived 'Star Wars' Actor Jake Lloyd (Young Anakin) Diagnosed with Schizophrenia (usmagazine.com)
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Archived 'Star Wars' Actor Jake Lloyd (Young Anakin) Diagnosed with Schizophrenia (usmagazine.com)
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[–] WhiteSoIMustBeRacist 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
This was known for a long time. It came out as news in June when he got arrested. What is amazing is that he's been in jail all this time on a $10,000 bond?
[–] Ser_Snow 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
He had threatened his mothers life previously, and while she declined to press charges, I don't think she was in any great hurry to get him out after that.
[–] RogerByam 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
That's right. Once the care of a schizophrenic is taken out of the the hands of the primary caregiver, and that caregiver can see that the ill is in (relatively) good hands, they aren't particularly interested in going back to fulltime care.
This is an all-too-familiar story from my experience:
The primary caregiver having their life threatened, refuses to get the authorities involved, eventual police intervention from some criminal offense outside the home and, finally, the ill getting the professional care they need.
A lot of the primary caregivers of schizophrenics suffer from a kind of Stockholm Syndrome; the caring gives their life purpose. It's quite sad for both the carer and the ill, because neither are able to live their life to their fullest.
I'm glad he is in the hand of professionals, his mother is getting a break and that such a change came-about without too much harm to anyone, including third-parties.
[–] WhiteSoIMustBeRacist ago
Yea but I think the bail was like $10,700 if I recall. That's got to suck sitting in jail for ten months not being able to raise that from family or friends.