I have a friend who’s been diagnosed as schizophrenic. No need to get into the past anecdotes, but he currently now lives in San Diego, CA. He doesn’t want to seek medical assistance and I can’t find a way to convince him it’s for his benefit. I haven’t even attempted to convince him in months because whenever I do, he gets suspicious of my intentions. 

The life he lives is not one he deserves (not saying anyone deserves bad things happening to them) . He’s gone from being a six figure software engineer &amp; a father  to spending the entirety of 2021 in Jail and currently is houseless on the streets of San Diego. His hallucinations have a propensity to lead him to danger and I fear for his life. 

I just want him to be safe and I don’t know how I can help all the way from Portland Oregon.  I fear for my own personal safety to have him under my own home because he has a propensity for arson. Please offer any suggestions, I am desperate