My colleague is showing signs of schizophrenia what should i do?

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I work with a chilled young guy. a few months back after being arrested for something at home he stayed at work for 3 days saying police were hiding on his roof watching him. He then seemed fine for a while. Recently after a maintenece team did some wiring he searched the office and cut up pens and cables looking for hidden cameras he ignored the fact their is a camera in the office anyway.
A couple of days later he wrote a message on another guys phone saying dont respond they are watching. they are following me when i goto the bathroom and i know the other guy is in on it. The other guy he refers to is me.We cant reason with him because he fully believes he is being watched.My company have a really poor history of doing nothing about any issues at work so i feel telling them wont help or may enforce his beliefs that he is being watched by the police. My concern is that he might soon think one of us is a threat to him.What is the best way to address this before it becomes alot worse

Judy and Charlie · Accepted Answer

I would make a private appointment with human resources or the owner of this company to talk about this.

Document everything this young man does at work and take the documentation to HR or the owner and tell them that you are concerned for this guy and you want him to get medical help for this.

Impress on the owner or human resources that today in the work place, there is no guarantee of safety.  Someone who is obviously as delusional as this fellow is could become violent if he fears you or someone else.

Your company should get a mental health professional involved to advise them how to proceed.

Anonymous · Answer

Try minding your own business.

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My colleague is showing signs of schizophrenia what should i do?

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