Monday, January 17, 2011
Dealing with mental disorders.........
I keep thinking of the problems posed while dealing with mentally challenged individual's and wondered if along with the patients, parents and siblings of such people need to be counseled on ways to deal with them. I have written about it here and wonder if you could have a look and offer suggestions.
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Family and caregiver counselling is very important and is considered an best practise in western countries. You can find good infomation on a family advocay wesite for NAMI- wich is Natioanl alliance of mentally ill @ nami.org
or at samsha.gov
Sujata:Thanks sujata for the link. i'll pass it on to the parents of a boy i know.
You have tried on a very difficult problem.
Being a doctor,I know how difficult it is to have a mentally ill person at home.Without proper training,it is impossible to deal with the situation.it is impossible to teach a mentally ill person.We can only educate the normal family members on how to deal with it.
It is easier said than done.We have three patients admitted to the ward for the last two years,simply because the family refused to take care of them.
dr. antony: i know what you mean because the first person mentioned was a very close relative. I have often asked his father to allow him to work in the canteen at least to keep him engaged. But a father's heart cannot see logic since emotions block the process of practical thinking. today with parents gone and lack of regular medication he roams around aimlessly and refuses to stay at home. his brother's family have tried to get him to stay at home but he gets aggressive. They've let him go.
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