I wonder what his aversion to hygiene stems from. He always looks like he's dripping sweat.
Could be just from the fact that when this greaseball gloms onto something, he gets so hyper-obsessed, he doesn't do much of anything else. My experience is in secondary SPED and Mental Health, but it really isn't ALWAYS muh autism or muh mental illness (as far as something out of the patient's control).
Many, many people forget that even when someone has "mental illness" or "special needs" that most of the time, what they REALLY need is a good swift slam in the asscrack with a steel toed workboot. Too many people all around have a tendency to make excuses, even when they say they aren't and are just "explaining things." I see it all the time in the classrooms and in the various worksites I have had to visit.
So while Russell DOES have an unchecked mental illness, and while Russell is INDEED a mental midget, the one swift and permanent cure for him are these simple things:
* Real consequences (jail time, penitentiary, group home, homeless shelter, halfway house...)
* More Real consequences (lack of finances, persistent loss of employment, the Greers turn their backs)
* Psycho-sexual evaluation made mandatory and on record for inspection by officials when he catches his next case
* Mandatory long term (several months to a year or more) therapy in collaboration with a psychiatrist.
* Possible group therapy sessions through an approved Mental Health provider
* Job seeking assistance with job coaching in the form of classes or on-site coaching/meetings with Russell's employer. This would mean, however, that Russell has to agree to disclose to his employer with the assistance of State DHS counselor and collaborating organization's employment specialist or intake counselor. He has to provide an IM/CANS (mental health assessment) or be subject to one through a State approved licensed clinical counselor.
Same shit could be easily applied to a few other cows like Spuds Turkol and Pixyteri. Again, yes, there is mental illnes. Yes, there may be special needs with co-morbids, but also...YES, they need a hard, sudden, kick in the ass, or they will regress and will fall back on excuses. Also remember that even SPEDs are master manipulators. You don't play into it. Kick in the ass. Consequences. Russ only understands a two by four shoved vigorously up his ass--preferably by another man, even better if his name is CHAD.