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3/26/2016

Topic Reading-Vol.1445-3/26/2016

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Living in chains: In Indonesia, mentally ill kept shackled in filthy cells
What a horrifying practice! Imagine a person being confined in a walled space for years, where there is no window or toilet. Eat, sleep, urinate and defecate all in one space.
This is not to punish someone who committed a crime or violated rules or anything. It is a common practice to heal mentally ill persons in many parts in Indonesia where there aren’t enough facilities or mental practitioners to provide proper treatment. In fact, many still believe that such mental disabilities are caused by being cast by someone, so that the family members try to hide the ill person from their society and give supernatural treatment such as …
If you’re interested to know what kinds of treatment are practiced, read this article.

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