I ' m a 17 year old senior in high school and plan to make astrophysics into a career , I ' m good at math and plan to take as many math and physics classes as possible going forward . I want to do something with astrophysics in the future but I don ' t know what specific careers that I could pursue later on <| sep |> I ' m sorry , I didn ' t want to cause any problems . <| sep |> This advice seems to help the victim the most with having the least chance as possible of a life ruining shit storm that can happen when police and doctors are involved . I worked for years in a mental hospital , we never cured anyone during their stay . Please don ' t look for that system to save him . They will drug up your brother and release him back to the streets . Think his insurance will buy him lots of therapy ? Doubtful , prolly only eligible for a bevy of sedatives and SSRI ' s . Mental hospitals are for the treatment of chronic conditions are not the place to straighten out what is a mild issue . He would benefit more from a therapist than a court ordered stay in a hospital . If you go to the police that will haunt your brothers future forever , if you ' ve never even seen a mark , it ' s probably not worth that shit storm either . Any option you go for could potentially be more damaging to both than the abuse itself , especially if the victim accepta the abuse anyway . If the cops or courts force a separation , it ' s only temporary , in a few weeks they ' d be right back together again . You need her to want better for herself .