Hi ivy,
I am absolutely sick to my core to say the exact same thing has happened to my brother, and he got released yesterday after pleading with the staff not to let him out.
Within an hour, he had attempted to take his own life 4 times in front of me using a knife, the police came and took him to hospital for his wounds and is now back in the f ward where this cycle is going to happen again.
I emphasise with you so deeply. They say they same thing about ‘sorting the drugs out first’ well he WANTS to but he takes drugs to deal with his mental trauma! They treated me so badly when I went to get him yesterday because my parents wouldn’t because they can’t have him in our homes he is a danger to himself and others. My mother brought him home to sort out temporary accommodation and because of covid they haven’t let him in anywhere so he got hopeless and psychotic again (without drugs) and started to hurt himself and almost bled out.
I am not sure I can do this all over again Ivy when he gets released. I can’t believe how badly the NHS mental health service is