‘Awareness, Support Can Prevent Mental Illness’ Sun Aug 08 2010 00:18:46 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) by IANS ( Leave a comment ) New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Awareness and community-support at an early stage can help prevent the onset of mental illness, experts suggested Saturday. They were speaking at a panel discussion commemorating 10 years of Erawadi tragedy in Tamil Nadu, which left 28 mentally disabled people charred to death Aug 6, 2001. The victims could not escape as they were chained.
The discussion laid emphasis on the judicial reforms and social activism needed in the area of mental health. The United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities was also discussed. Former Delhi High Court chief justice A.P. Shah said: “The horror of the incident should have triggered many positive changes. It is still sad to know that the laws are inclined towards the safety of society from persons with illness.” Javed Abidi, director of Disabled Rights Group, said: “We need to look at the rights of mentally disabled people. They are abandoned in asylums where they are chained, given drugs that might even aggravate their illness. Their rights are violated.” Posted in Health http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health1/awareness-support-can-prevent-mental-illness_100408833.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers
