Navigating the Crisis of a Missing or Homeless Loved One

When a loved one experiences a first episode of psychosis, severe symptoms can sometimes cause them to detach from their support system, wander, or experience periods of homelessness. For a primary caregiver, not knowing where your loved one is—or knowing they are living unhoused—is an agonizing and terrifying experience. This section is designed to give you immediate, practical, and structured tools to protect their safety, track their whereabouts, and securely coordinate with community outreach networks.

Explore our sub-pages below to access immediate guides and resources:

• Filing an Effective Missing Person Report: Step-by-step instructions on how to immediately engage law enforcement, what specific details to share about a psychiatric crisis, and your rights as a caregiver of a vulnerable adult.
• Street Medicine & Mobile Crisis Outreach: Learn how to locate and utilize non-police medical teams, psychiatric outreach workers, and harm-reduction advocates who provide medical care and shelter support directly to unhoused individuals.
• The Caregiver's Tool: Creating a Crisis Resume: A practical template and guide to compiling a one-page document containing vital medical details, physical descriptions, and medication histories to hand to search teams or clinicians.