Mg sister who is 53 has been having mental health problems on and off for 2/3 years with the menopause but in the last week, it has got a lot worse and in the last 48 hours, I think she may have developed psychosis.
She is delusional, thinks she has done something wrong at work to do with data protection and wants to hand herself in to the police. She keeps packing her bag to go to prison and has asked me to look after her now adult kids while she is in prison. It has come to a point today where we have had to lock the front door and take the keys away as she wants to drive to the police station.
I’ve rung the crisis team and they’ve spoken to me and her on the phone and they’re sending someone out within 24 hours. She’s never been involved with mental health services before so I don’t know what to expect.
can anyone share what happens with the crisis team? What are the options? Is there anything I can do to help while we wait. I keep trying to reassure her but she’s so agitated, can’t sleep or eat.