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Mumsnet Discussions: Health : Can anyone offer any advice on dealing with a friend/acquaintance's mental illness? (2 messages)
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Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By RubyRioja on Thu 08-May-08 19:20:14
DH has a colleague with whom he is q friendly. Sociable, but I have met him briefly once - just to give you an idea of how close he is as a family friend.

At Christmas Dh was called as John's (not his real name) in case of emergency person when he attempted suicide. DH was as supportive as poss and John has a psychiatrist and was prescribed anti-depressants. Not sure whether he has taken them all. In the last month or so, he has seemed much happier and more his old self (apparantly).

Dh has just had another call from John's father (he has no other family no friends it seems) becuase John has been self-harming and is doing some strange stuff.

We are trying to track him down atm, and presumably get hold of his doctor.

We feel very out of our depth - we don't know much about mental illness to be honest, I barely know the guy, but obviously he is in a bad way, and we would like to do what we can.

Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By Kammy on Sun 11-May-08 10:55:29
Can you find out where your local crisis team is? Every locality should have one and they will be able to do an assessment. If he's in a really bad way, you could also go to A &E and ask for the psychiatric liaison team.
Hope you have managed to find him - if you want info on mental health go to the MIND website, and you can find lots of useful info.


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