HI, This is regarding my father and need consultation from psychiatrist. He is 66 years old and retired as a professor from college. Following is his actions that may help you judge his case: 1. He is in a habit of daily drinking in the evening from last 4-5 years. Till he is sober, he is absolutely normal and talks and behaves normally but after drinking he starts scolding and misbehaving with everyone in family, especially with mother. 2. He seems to be in his own world every time, where he thinks we all are his enemies. He has said this many times. After drinking this feeling becomes more dominant and he keeps saying:- none of you like me and you just favor your mom. 3. After drinking he keeps changing his statements, once he will say I don’t care for anybody, not even for my family. And then next moment he will say whatever I have done, it is for you people only and I am still alive just for you people. 4. In last three years he has left home twice and both times he came back himself. He says that I don’t want to stay in this house, and when he leaves, he wants us to call him, and go for in search of him. This he has told himself after coming back. 5. After drinking he misbehaves and abuses mother and says that she doesn’t care for him. Whatever he does he tries to hurt her and even gain her attention when he is scolding or breaking something. 6. He warns us of suicide too. Yesterday after dinner he went to buy alcohol and when everybody fell asleep he called me and my brother (we work in another town) and said goodbye and disconnected. After that we called home (call connected after 2-3 minutes)and my sister and mother (staying at home) went to drawing room to see and he was having some poison in glass kept on table and sitting beside it. They broke the glass and he said he doesn’t want to live and he doesn’t care for anyone. After sometime he said I called my son because I care for them. When I tried to contact him on phone he said he don’t want to talk to us as he doesn’t care. After that he lied down and kept saying abuses for us and mother. Mother was inside with my sisters son. After 1 hour he went inside and started breaking prayer room.Then after that he slept. And today morning he is behaving normally and don’t want to talk about yesterday night. He wont agree to go to doctor for this.What should I do.? Please help asap.