Mentally ill and their rights
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Title
Mentally ill and their rights
Time
2:30-5:00pm
Issues discussed
Challenges
-stigmatization and discrimination
-neglect
-Lack of support from the government
-Lack of drugs
They are misunderstood and people think they are pretending
-People think it is a disease of people who are bewitched
-Isolation from friends, family members
-Lack of support.
Consequences
-Loss of jobs
-loss of homes
-Depression
-Separation
There are a number of factors that cause psychiatric and these include;
-war
-HIV/AIDS
-Genocide
-Discrimination
-Poverty
-Mistreatment
-illness
Mental illness were categorized in various categories
-Stress and depression
-Psychosis
-Schizophermia
It was noted that even the care takers also encounter the challenges in their course of giving care to th mentally ill.
Recommendations
-Government to assist in form of drugs
-Mentally ill want to be accepted as human beings in the society
-People should understand that mental illness is like any other disease and they can positively contribute to the development of the society.
Date 23/01/2007
By Rose Njoroge
