Fyi, I sent a message to the admin's about taking action and they're going to handle it when they get back from TAM2. Hopefully something positive can be done.
This will probably be my last post in this thread, so let me address some of the latest criticism - particularly that confronting James about his condition and delusions was 1) a mistake that made his condition worse and 2) we should have just ignored him until he went away.
The first notion is just ridiculous. He's already got a serious condition (schizophrenia) and confronting him isn't going to make it worse. It will, of course, make him upset, which is the way it goes. But it also is the only way to handle it and his getting upset is the only thing that may eventually lead him to help and treatment.
As far as the second notion goes, how would collectively sticking our heads in the sand have helped him? That's certainly leaving him to his delusions. We may, finally, not be able to do much for James. But we ought to at least try...
This will probably be my last post in this thread, so let me address some of the latest criticism - particularly that confronting James about his condition and delusions was 1) a mistake that made his condition worse and 2) we should have just ignored him until he went away.
The first notion is just ridiculous. He's already got a serious condition (schizophrenia) and confronting him isn't going to make it worse. It will, of course, make him upset, which is the way it goes. But it also is the only way to handle it and his getting upset is the only thing that may eventually lead him to help and treatment.
As far as the second notion goes, how would collectively sticking our heads in the sand have helped him? That's certainly leaving him to his delusions. We may, finally, not be able to do much for James. But we ought to at least try...