Mirch
August 31, 2011, 12:35pm
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Re: Mental Health in Our Culture
Please report this case to authorities before someone get hurt and things get worse . May Allah give wisdom to desi folks to see these things as they are. Ameen.
This is EXACTLY what is happening with this patient. He is CLEARLY mentally ill and not possessed by a jin, but they refuse to bring him in and their beleifs are making him worse he is harming himself for fear that everyone is out to get him and he needs to kill himself before someone else does, if they dont something bad is going to happen, no matter how much you reason with the patients they dont understand.
They may have to detain him under the mental health act now as he is attacking his family members and one of the family members have reported to the police.
If they bought him in as an ‘informal’ patient things could actually be done to help him.
And yes it breaks my heart too everytime i see an asian patient in the ward, especially on days like today when its eid and they aren’t well enough to go home
and thank you to those people who understand what i am trying to say!