Hello, All,

Looking for hints or support.

My brother is mentally ill. He believes that I have united with a bunch of old friends (who I don't see, incidentally, and have actually lost touch with), to sneak around and talk about him and victimize him.

It's all very disturbing, and I think he is paranoid and maybe schizophrenic, though I certainly have no way of "diagnosing" him. He acknowledges, during lucid moments, that he is "off in his thinking."

How do we start a conversation with him? I've got siblings who might be able to help. I would love it if he saw a great therapist and probably got some medical workup but am I dreaming? Can we talk?