(((((Heywyre))))) Sorry to hear the bad news but thankful your brother is alive.
My 18 yr older brother, that I lived with off and on, also had severe depression problems and spent several weeks in a mental hospital several different times. He had electric shock therapy in the 1950's. Not many meds then.
BB was the med nurse in the psychiatric department at a local hospital. Do all you can to keep your brother on his meds. BB said so many people that have serious problems don't take their meds correctly or don't tell their Dr. what is going on in their mind.
H and I have also talked about having him come live with us for a while until he is back on his feet. That sounds so very helpful to your brother and kind of you..
If you do it, be up front with some rules you workout with his Dr. before hand. Some people need tough love more than sympathy. BB has seen the sympathy back-fire.
Nothing wrong with tough love. It works so much better than bending rules and letting small slip-ups pass.
