A Family in crisis

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I have a close friend that is a part of a family in crises. They were a blended family for about 20 yrs. she caught him cheating on her and tried to stick it out and he never even tried to cut ties with the other woman. They were fighting and she had to get a restraining order so that he couldn't threaten her anymore. Following all this she filed for divorce and they both have attorneys. Since this she has had her convertible top slashed, cable lines cut and just a bunch of stuff since he moved out. In the mean time her 2 of her adult kids moved home and they are in their early 20's they have been even more stress instead of comfort.Her daughter was engaged and called it off and moved home, she has always had some mental issues. She has been hospitalized several times in the past few months and they never keep her long enough. For some reason she is taking everything out on her mother, just last night the ambulance and police had to come to the house because she was threatning and attacking her mom and brother when he tried to stop her. She is threatning to kill her mom and herself. It is just quite complicated since she has tried to be on medicines and stuff but now her family believes that the mom is in danger, should she get a restraining order? She dosen't want to because its her daughter but I think she may hurt her, and what can the rest of the family do to help? As a final blow she talked to her step dad and told him that her mom had guys staying at the house and they did drugs and stuff, they are in a court battle over money so can this hurt her? It is a huge mess any ideas? Is there a way she can be committed without her consent since she is a risk to herself and others??