I’ve called the police on my son. The thought of doing so now terrifies me
Special to The Globe and MailPhilip Moscovitch is a writer and audio producer based in Halifax. His work frequently touches on mental-health issues and policy.
“Call us, call mobile crisis or call the police non-emergency number,” was one of the first pieces of advice we got from staff at the Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program in Halifax in 2015, when our son had just been accepted as a patient. He was 10 days away from his next appointment. Over the course of those 10 days, we called all those numbers.
That was horrifying, but it also seemed different. Surely the police who respond to people experiencing a mental-health crisis wouldn’t behave like this? I was so naive that when I first heard of wellness checks – calls for police to check on someone in crisis – I thought they were a good idea.
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