My dad has been working at the same company for 15 years now. He enjoys work and he's good at it.
The whole pandemic has been very difficult for all of us but especially for him. Not being able to go to the office and knowing that a lot of people were getting fired started stressing him out back in March. The company where he works went through a round of firings but he managed to secure a spot.
He has worked at this new position since August of last year and from the very beginning it has been stressful for him learning to adapt to this job. He did fluff up his resume in order to secure this job and now feels he can't do the work, it's not clicking and it's really difficult.
As a family, we've been saying to him: Give it some time, you're just starting. You will get the hang of it eventually (because he's always learned how to adapt. This isn't the first switch in roles he's made at this company).
Well we're in January now and things have escalated to a whole new level. I have never seen my dad act like this in my life. He has severe delusions that he's being ostracized at work. He thinks people are out to get him (both at work, and on a government level). He told us that the company is after him for downloading some files onto a flash drive (he's had this company flash drive for 3 years and has not sold any information to anyone. He only uses it for work). He thinks that the police and FBI will show up at our door at any minute. He's constantly looking out the window and saying how no one walks around our neighborhood anymore and how it's suspicious or "all planned". He is hiding from people at work (always shown as "away" on Teams, ignoring emails, not attending meetings).
I don't know what to do here. We'll be taking him to the doctors this week. I'm pretty sure he has some form of schizophrenia or stress-induced delusion disorder. My questions;
1) Should I contact his boss directly and let him know what's going on? My dad supports our whole family and our family back in our home country. This is a big company and even though all companies preach mental health, I'm afraid the second they find out about this, he'll get fired. He's almost 60 so finding a new job won't be an option. I have a job myself but it's not enough to support the whole family.
2) Should I contact the company's HR?
3) Any other advice?
Thank you for your help, it's really appreciated.
TL;DR: My dad (59M) is suffering from a stress-induced psychotic break, and I don't know what to do regarding his job. He supports our whole family.
PS: I'm sorry if this is the wrong community to post this in.
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