That's not quite the type of 'danger to oneself' I was thinking of... and really, it's the danger to others that's more pressing.
Full disclosure, I have one friend who is schizophrenic, and a danger to himself when not medicated in that he tends to wander in front of moving vehicles (and trains, that was a fun one), and say nonsensical things to strangers that result in him getting beaten by jerks. I know another boy (paranoid schizophrenia in his case) who seemed to be harmless, just took his gaming a bit too seriously... until one Christmas, after spending a couple hours at our house helping to decorate the tree (and weirding out my mother in law talking about elves and dragons like they were real), he left 'to run an errand'. That errand was to drive over to the house of a woman he knew, and kill the dragon disguised as her father. With a sword. He then drove back to our house to spend the night with my sister and some other friends, with no sign anything had happened. We found out what his 'errand' was 3 days later when he was on the news being picked up by the cops for the murder. His mother said he'd been refusing his medication for months.
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Full disclosure, I have one friend who is schizophrenic, and a danger to himself when not medicated in that he tends to wander in front of moving vehicles (and trains, that was a fun one), and say nonsensical things to strangers that result in him getting beaten by jerks. I know another boy (paranoid schizophrenia in his case) who seemed to be harmless, just took his gaming a bit too seriously... until one Christmas, after spending a couple hours at our house helping to decorate the tree (and weirding out my mother in law talking about elves and dragons like they were real), he left 'to run an errand'. That errand was to drive over to the house of a woman he knew, and kill the dragon disguised as her father. With a sword. He then drove back to our house to spend the night with my sister and some other friends, with no sign anything had happened. We found out what his 'errand' was 3 days later when he was on the news being picked up by the cops for the murder. His mother said he'd been refusing his medication for months.
So yes, I'm biased.