The Chains of Mental Illness in West Africa

Dear Kathy,

Thank you for the email. Is there anything I can do to help in this
response towards facilitating the access to the help these individuals with
mental illness need?

Kindest regards
Samantha
On Oct 11, 2015 8:06 PM, "Kathy Gilbeaux via admin" <
admin@m.resiliencesystem.org> wrote:

> submitted by George Hurlburt
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> Yaovi Gaffa, 20, chained in a room at a prayer camp near Lomé, Togo, in
> April. Chaining is a last resort for families in West Africa where
> psychiatry
> is virtually unknown. Credit Joao Silva/The New York Times
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> nytimes.com - by Benedict Carey - October 11, 2015
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> KPOVÉ, Togo — The church grounds here sprawled through a strange,
> dreamlike forest. More than 150 men and women were chained by the ankle to
> a
> tree or concrete block, a short walk from the central place of worship.
> Most
> were experiencing the fearsome delusions of schizophrenia [1].
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> (READ COMPLETE ARTICLE) [2]
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> [1]
> http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/schizophrenia-disorganized-type/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier
> [2]
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/health/the-chains-of-mental-illness-in-west-africa.html
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