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Editorial 1 year ago
Freedom from ‘pasung’
The government issued a new regulation in the lead-up to the country's 79th Independence Day that bans the inhumane practice of pasung, or shackling people with mental illness, but much more is needed in terms of technical regulations and a funding framework to expand both physical and human resources in ensuring nationwide access to mental health care.
Society 1 year ago
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More efforts needed to protect people with mental health issues
Psychologists have applauded the government's recent move to create a national suicide registry and to ban shackling people with mental health issues, but they emphasized that more thorough measures are needed to better protect the vulnerable group.
National 6 years ago
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Priest, nun touch lives of mentally ill in Flores, one shackled person at a time
Father Avent's dedication has inspired others to follow the same path, helping thousands of others who would have not otherwise received proper treatment. One such person is German nun Anke Felicitas Bockenforde, who also works as a psychiatrist at Atma Jaya University in Jakarta.
