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Glad that the subject of mental illness is being discussed

Jun 11, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
Recently the subject of mental problems and illness has been highlighted by those at the top, including the two young British princes, and is now being taken seriously. By coincidence, I had been reading earlier on about the unjust and harsh treatment meted out to patients, some of them elderly, for behaviour not acceptable to the staff at a care home in the UK. Threats are made – sometimes actually carried out – including being locked for a long time in unlit, freezing rooms for long periods. Often relatives are unaware of how their loved ones are being treated, because the inmates are threatened with further punishment if they ‘spill the beans’. Visits from family are sometimes infrequent, because of distance or personal circumstances.
As has been stated, schizophrenia may have its roots in personal trauma, sometimes not only through physical or sexual abuse, but through psychological abuse as well. And I suspect may be hereditary, being passed on from generation to generation. Not a pleasant condition to have to live with on a daily basis. One is never sure when an attack would occur and the consequences of such.
Good to see the subject being ventilated and taken seriously.
Geralda Dennison

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