Mentally

Prison for treatment? This is why mentally ill patients are sent to prison instead of hospital | The Citizen

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Prison for therapy: Mentally ill patients still trapped in prisons instead of placed in hospitals

It was proposed to amend the law to prevent courts from referring state patients to correctional services. Skeptical MPs asked a number of questions on Tuesday after the Corrective Services Portfolio Committee revealed that 437 people deemed mentally unfit to face criminal charges were being held in prisons rather than psychiatric hospitals. The number of … Read more

Germany: Mentally ill patients face uphill battle to get help

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Germany: Mentally ill patients face uphill battle to get help

According to the German Society of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatic Medicine and Neurology (DGPPN), approximately 17.8 million adults in Germany, or approximately one in three, suffer from a mental illness each year. Of these, only 18.9% receive treatment each year. Nia* is one of them. “It’s not that easy to ask for help. It’s not that … Read more