Dear sir, my name is Somenath Bose and i live in jabalpur, madhya pradesh. My problem is that my mother in law is have some mental problem. from last 4 years she used to tell everyone that i am a danger for my own 3 years old child. she always used to tell me or everyone that may be i will kill my son....or iam sexually harrassing my own child....she doesnt believe me at all. she thinks that iam a criminal and can harm my own family....i am very much tensed due to this behavoiur of her...kindly help me what should i do....
Hi, Mr Bose, Thank you for writing to Chat Doctor. Considering whatever your mother-in-law is thinking is wrong then the symptoms you described look like false belief which in medical language is Delusion. The delusion may be a symptom of variety of mental disorder. One would like to know her behavior and belief about many other things apart from relating to you. If she is otherwise finer than delusion disorder can be the possibility. Or if she also has other behavioral problem or thinking problem then one need to rule out possibility of schizophrenia which is not common after middle age. One more thing is her memory. If memory problem is present then dementia can also be the cause. Does she have diabetes or hypertension? If so then chances of dementia due to lack of blood flow to her brain may be the cause of symptoms. This all what I have discussed are common causes of false belief, but it is not the complete list. Now the best possible way to get help is to visit Psychiatrist and trying to find out the cause of her symptoms. In this kind of symptoms Antipsychotic medicines usually helps, but this should be given under care of psychiatrist only for best possible outcome. Hope you find this helpful. Regards.