INCLUSION is the new slogan of disabled due to Mental illness in India

INCLUSION is the new slogan of disabled due to Mental illness
The world remembers 10th oct as World Mental health day. In India in spite of Supreme court of India's directive after the death of 25 odd Chained disabled due to mental illness persons at Erwady vide their order in case no W.P.(C). 334 of 2001 on 5th February 2002 to include Disabled due to mental illness in THE NATIONAL TRUST ACT 1999 as it is the only Act which caters for the following:-
The objects of the National Trust shall be - (chapter III)(a) to enable and empower persons with disability to live as independently and as fully as possible within and as close to the community to which they belong;(b) to strengthen facilities to provide support to persons with disability to live within their own families;(c) to extend support to registered organisations to provide need based services during period of crisis in the family of persons with disability;(d) to deal with problems of persons with disability who do not have family support;(e) to promote measures for the care and protection of persons with disability in the event of death of their parents or guardians;(f) to evolve procedure for the appointment of guardians and trustees for persons with disability requiring such protection;(g) to facilitate the realisation of equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation of persons with disability; and(h) to do any other act which is incidental to the aforesaid objects. None of the state governments have established institutions to cater exclusively to mentally ill like NIMHANS as per supreme court order.
Nor the central government has bothered to include DISABLED DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS ( NOT Mentally ill who come to hospitals for treatment) who donot recover after admission and treatment even in hospitals like NIMHANS. THE national trust is discriminatory in the sense that it does NOT include ALL THE DISABLED PERSONS AS PER PWDEA ACT 1995 WHO SATISFY THE ABOVE CRITERIA. So disabled due to mental illness are abandoned in streets or abandoned in CHENNAI at the Banyan.(http://www.thebanyan.org/).
I request all who believe in the above objectives of the trust, please visit the following web page of the National Trust and vote for inclusion of Mental illness in the trust. The vote is taken at the bottom left hand of the Home page.
http://www.thenationaltrust.in/
http://203.129.234.217/nt/index.php?option=com_poll&task=results&id=14&mosmsg=Thanks+for+your+vote%21
All those who are interested in families of Mentallyill can view the following podcast.
http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85809/

A very rare case of 7 year old schizophrenic.Watch the Oprah show in the following vedio
http://www.oprah.com/dated/oprahshow/oprahshow-20090828-schizophrenic

Mental health day/Dysthemia/10th 0ct

MENTAL HEALTH OF CARERS.(10th oct October)

Normally as the 10th october approaches, one sees articles about Depression and how the
mental health of modern generation is affected especaily among the software professionals due to stress
and modern lifestyle. Ofcourse various advices are given by psychiatrists and mental health professionals.

As a carer i thought it is my duty to inform younger generation of carers about various problems
one faces in caring a MENTALLYILL patient.They know them and are coping. But they may not know about Dysthemia.

. How to detect and COPE with this dreaded condition?.
Have you ever suggested to your other half an"evening out" and bang comes the Brahmasthra (Tomahawk!)" How could you think of an evening out when our child is sufffering so much?. " Same is the casewith movies, sex, holidays, marriage reception of a friend's child, or a game of bridge or anything pleasurable to the humans;the missile comes back " How could you think of ......when our child is suffering so much? This denial of anything pleasurable has got a name DYSTHYMIA . It creeps slowly destroying all pleasurable activities in ones family life.Later the discease itself becomes a virtue of SELFSACRIFICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" FEEL GUILTY MAN' is the MANTRA. When I am sacrificing all pleasures for the sake of our child how could you smile,laugh and eat good food
,playgames.watch favourite TVshow and even gossip with friends.This sometimes takes the extreme form where evenreading newspaper or a book becomes a sin. Listening to Music becomes impossible
with music system under the control of the patient. Those who are in the first episode of an adolescent child are normally in the age group of 35 to 45 years and so are worst affected and completely destroying all their family life. Please take immediate steps to prevent it and the key is to fight this with pleasurable activities without feeling GUILTY .It is imperative and vital that the carers have a happy family life including active sexlife for the sake of their own health . Please go to Movies,restaurants,dramas or anyhting you enjoy and keep your
SANITY for the sake of your ward.Buying another TV/IPOD is a good investment.
Keep away from your ward for sometime without
feeling GUILTY. The healthier you are , your child gets loving caring persons
more in her/his life which is the MOST IMPORTANT THING in their life.