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A man with a mental health condition shackled in a hut in Majene in West Sulawesi by his family. - While not unique to Indonesia, padlocks, shackles and chains are frequently used to cover for a lack of proper mental health provision in the worlds fourth most-populous nation. The COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has exacerbated the issue, forcing many people who have been freed following a change in attitudes, access to medication and better care back into chains. (AFP)

Locks, chains: Coronavirus puts Indonesia's mentally ill back in...

Padlocks, shackles and chains are used to cover for a lack of proper mental health provision in the world's fourth...

7 Oct 2020 9:47 AM IST

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Mentally ill woman from West Bengal who crossed over to PoK sent back...

The mentally challenged woman has since been admitted to Srinagar's Government-run Psychiatric Diseases Hospital.

13 Jan 2017 4:24 PM IST

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Supreme Court orders govt policy on rehab of mentally ill

The bench was hearing a PIL about the plight of 300 people languishing in various mental hospitals in UP even after they...

23 Feb 2017 5:00 AM IST