seeking support group

hi there!!

new to SANE so this is my first post - a close family member of mine is currently in the hospital with quite severe psychosis and may end up with a schizophrenia diagnosis (it’s a little too early for it to be diagnosed yet though as he’s still very unwell). he has had similar severe psychotic episodes before so we know what to expect and that with treatment his condition will likely improve but it’s obviously quite hard right now.

i’m trying to find some kind of community support group either near the east side of the city or in the eastern suburbs that my family and i can attend to talk to other people who have had family members go through similar crises.

we all have friends and each other that we can talk to, but it’s a little difficult to talk to friends about as obviously it’s not a super common thing to have experienced, so i thought it could be helpful to be able to chat to people who can fully understand what we’re going through. we’re currently all working on setting up individual talk therapy for ourselves as well.

any help or suggestions for this would be greatly appreciated - i’ve tried to contact the mind australia carer’s helpline to try and find some resources but they haven’t been able to get back to us just yet.