16-Aug-2013Chennai: An Assamese young woman, who had been schizophrenic for eight years and was lost on Chennai's streets, had a remarkable turnaround when a Lions Club volunteer admitted her to an institution run by the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF). Onima Soren, 30, came from Assam three months ago. She was "suffering from unique sexual delusions, calling men for sex," said Koteeswara Rao, Mental Health Consultant at SCARF India, who treated her in co-ordination with the Chennai Corporation's Communicable Diseases Hospital (CDH)) Shelter for Mentally Ill Orphans. She left on Thursday to return to her home town, Bongaigaon in Assam, to join her family after three months of treatment, Venkatesh, the volunteer who rescued her, accompanying her. Rao said that the police ought to identify mentally ill people on the streets and send them to hospitals under the Indian Mental Health Act, but most times, they failed to do so. Soren's case could help create awareness about schizophrenia - that it was curable. Speaking to DC, Soren said that she now wished to pursue computer education. "My two sisters and brother are educated, I have education only up to high school, I wish to learn something and hope to better my future," she said. She had been cured after being kept under constant vigil and being given proper medication and was now ready to lead a normal life, said Koteeswara Rao. But he added that if she failed to consume what had been prescribed for the next three months, the pr oblem could recur. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130816/news-current-affairs/article/schizophrenic-assam-saved-chennai -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
