Psychiatrists say that single events can be over-determined. Rather than there being one reason and only one reason for something happening, there can be multiple explanations for a single event. Chris's current hospitalization is not the result of a single event. The obvious explanation to the well meaning outsider is that he needed his medications. http://holisticschizophrenia.blogspot.com/2009/04/list-of-therapies.html

The other day a friend said to me, "Rossa, I always tell people the truth and it may not always be what they want to hear, but you know, of course, that Chris will always have problems." She went on to say that she does know one lady in her sixties who is managing very well on her medications and even was working. The point my friend wanted to put across was that Chris will have fewer problems if I accept the fact that he needs to be on medications.