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Originally Posted by rhz10
Another question please: Assuming that this doesn't resolve in a few days, what is typically the next step? I still don't think that she's going to consent to treatment. She doesn't see the need. She does not appear to be a danger to herself (assuming that she doesn't leave the apartment at least).
It seems that I should tell her family. Her mother is too fragile emotionally I think (two psychotic episodes and an Asperger's type demeanor). Her grandmother is 90. I haven't met either. Apparently, there's an aunt as well.
She is not paranoid per-se, but struggles to make sense of her experience. She completely didn't understand why I dragged her to her shrink and felt absolutely violated by that experience. When I explained that I was trying to help her, she was relieved. Before that she spoke about leaving for a hotel. Now things seem better.
The problems arise when we talk about the spirit. Asking for her to explain drains and frustrates her because she doesn't understand it herself and has been trying to figure out how it works.
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If it doesn't resolve the next step is medication....there's really no chatting your way through this. Did the psychiatrist ask for some kind of follow up appointment.? Like I said earlier though I would not drag her to the shrink.... get her to the point where she wants to go or don't go at all, you can't forcibly medicate someone in an outpatient setting so there will be no result by simply taking her there unless she were to be hospitalized but it doesn't sound like she's a danger to herself or others so that's unlikely. You have to remember foremost she has the right to choose the outcome....if she likes being like this you won't accomplish much. What you're describing sounds pretty mild, it may take some paranoia or hallucinations to make her want treatment.....if you get meds from the psychiatrist they can always be around if she later decides she wants the help.