JEVON'S DEATH  HAS  AFFECTED ALL OF US,   MY LIFE WILL FOREVER BE CHANGED.... I'D LIKE TO MAKE A  DIFFERENCE W/ MENTAL ILLNESS   THROUGH  AWARENESS, ADVOCACY ,EDUCATION ..............JEVON WAS DIAGNOSED  JUNE 18  AFTER NUMEROUS TESTING THE DOCTORS INFORMED US.....  JEVON HAD CLASSIC SYMPTOMS  FOR BIPOLAR MANIC DEPRESSIVE DISORDER ....WE WERE THEN  TOLD... THIS ILLNESS IS BROUGHT ON BY DEPRESSION AND WAS A EPIDEMIC WITH YOUNG ADULTS AGES 18- 25 ....  HE HAD WAS AN INCURABLE MENTAL ILLNESS  FOR WHICH THERE WAS  NO CURE....AND THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE ......BECAUSE HE WAS NOT A THREAT TO ANYONE OR HIMSELF.......WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT...... UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS.....  (A BAD EPISODE) ......CALL THE POLICE TO  BRING HIM  BACK TO THE HOSPITAL.... I BEGGED THEM TO HELP HIM .....INSISTING THAT SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLY WRONG .I WANTED HIM TO STAY OR GET SOME MEDICATION......... JEVON KEPT SAYING  ....MOM I'M FINE.................NOT BELIEVING WHAT THE DOCTORS WERE SAYING.....HE ONLY WENT TO...... PROVE HE WASN'T ON ANY DRUGS.....WHICH I THOUGHT WAS THE EXPLANATION FOR HIS ODD  BEHAVIOR...................I WAS STUNNED.................I WAS NOT GIVEN ANY INFORMATION....FOR CRISIS CENTERS,  NOTHING..... NOT  EVEN A CLEAR EXPLANATION  ON BIPOLAR MANIC DEPRESSIVE DISORDER...............MY SON, WHO HAD BEEN HEALTHY  HIS ENTIRE LIFE....... SUDDENLY DEVELOPED  MENTAL ILLNESS..........I FELT SOMETHING BAD WOULD HAPPEN  ....I PRAYED FOR ANSWERS AND HELP.......3I DAYS LATER......JEVON WAS KILLED ....... HE WAS PARANIOD AND  DELUSIONAL................I  THOUGHT .....WE HAD PLENTY OF TIME....... TO FIND AND GET TREATMENT....I WAS TRYING TO EDUCATE MYSELF ABOUT THIS ILLNESS..... SO I COULD UNDERSTAND....................THIS ILLNESS CAME.... VERY FAST AND FURIOUS...... .THE LAW IN NEW JERSEY PRESENTLY STATES ADULTS CAN'T BE HELPED  UNTIL THEY HAVE THREATEN THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE....OR THEY MUST ASK FOR HELP THEMSELVES...WHICH NEVER HAPPENS .......DUE TO  CONFUSION AND DENIAL OF MENTAL ILLNESS. ...SO YOU WAIT.........A VERY DANGEROUS WAITING GAME.......WHICH ALMOST ALWAYS ENDS TRAGICIALLY...................  JEVON WAS ALWAYS ....TRYING TO HELP OTHERS IN LIFE ......IT IS OUR DESIRE THAT SOMEONE WILL LEARN SOMETHING ON HIS SITE THAT WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO ASK QUESTIONS, SEEK MEDICAL INTERVENTION  AND SUPPORT SO A LIFE CAN BE SAVED.