My brother is undiagnosed but seems to be schizophrenic. He moved away a few years ago. He and I were closer than we had ever been when he moved 1000 miles away(we are 8 years apart in age) he joined a church and it abruptly cut ties with all his friends from home and the entire family. A few months ago our mom received a text message that said “mom I need you. It’s ***” from a new number…we had no clue where he was..long story short I was able to find him after 48 hours of intense reasearch…once I confirmed his address we left to go find him. When we arrived we were met with a very shocking version of him. Once a body builder now just skin and bones. Pupils completely dilated. Teeth rotten. An extreme amount of hate for my mother and our whole family….extreme religious views fueling it…he seemed extremely out of touch with reality….but still intelligent enough that he knew people would be coming.  He shaved his head and got dressed in nice clothes and waited outside(now knowing what he was living in I assume to avoid having them see inside his apartment)before counselors came to pick him himWe had made several attempts to get him help. The mental health system is completely broken…no one is able to help it seems…He quit his very good job and hadn’t left his apartment in 6 months…he was living in garbage piles his apartment was full of bugs. He is now missing and we have no idea where he is…we were able to get him “302” once where the psychiatrist “evaluated” him he was held for less than 24 hours. The doctor spoke with my mom and said “he is definitely mentally I’ll but we can’t keep him”….When he left that state I had been notified by his pastor that I reached out to when we first got the text…that he was back in the city he originally moved to. He tried there bc he went catatonic…paramedics wouldn’t help…and the response was slow for a mobile crisis counselor(not her fault since she was the only one for 300000 people) he eventually fled there and now we have no clue where he is… this is very long and not super linear and I apologize. But if you have read this far. I’m not sure what I’m looking for here. Just feel helpless, sad, scared, and angry.