26-Apr-2014 A. Selvaraj CHENNAI: A mentally-ill woman with fear psychosis, who was rescued from Poonamallee 10 days ago, was reunited with her family on Thursday. "It took a while to gain her confidence and get her to talk to us. She refused food and medicines. Our counsellors talked to her and got details about her residence," said Udhavum Karangal founder-director S Vidyakar. "The woman said the names Kavitha and Meena. She also mentioned Balaji Nagar. So we made enquiries," Vidyakar said. They started at local police stations to check if any missing person complaints had been lodged. Then, the volunteers went in search of Balaji Nagar and found four of them in the area -- in Kundrathur, Porur, Iyyappan Thangal and Poonamallee. They showed the woman's picture to autorickshaw drivers and the shop keepers. "An autodriver near Iyyappan Thangal said he'd seen her in the locality and directed them to a street. We found that the woman's name was Kavitha and her husband Mohan is an alcoholic. They have two children," Vidyakar said. Kavitha's sister Manjula came to the NGO and took her sister home. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Mentally-ill-woman-reunited-with-family/articleshow/34214007.cms -- -- 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/d/optout.
