john19Casual Contributor
A family member has completely isolated herself
A family member is going through a separation and is living alone. In the last 4 months, she has completely isolated herself. She does not go to work, does not respond to any calls from friends and family. Occasionally receives calls from her mother. She imagines she has a few children, who are walking around. She actually does not have any children. She thinks all her friends and family want to harm her. She thinks she is married to a celebrity.
Her mother has recently travelled a long way to visit her. She wouldn't even open the door. When her mother wanted to talk to her from outside the door, she started screaming. Her mother brought her some food, she thinks the food is poisoned.
Now we have no way to communicate with her. We called 000. The dispatcher patiently took our case and forwarded it to the local police station. The dispatcher said the police would call us. But it has been about 2 days and we haven't heard back from the police.
Can anybody please suggest what we can do? Other than waiting for the police? Our fear is that the police might have visited her, but might not have identified the issues with her.
