Sunday Stabroek speaks to two psychiatrists
There are a growing number of persons with obvious signs of mental illness on the streets and there have been many calls for the government to address this problem more especially in the light of some recent cases where persons were attacked by the mentally disturbed.
To start addressing the problem, according to two doctors who have been treating the mentally ill for years, there is need for education on the issue and a need for a caring population and government. These are the easier areas in which the problems can start to be addressed since the country does not have the facilities to effectively deal with those who are mentally sick.
“Mental illness has to be proclaimed as one of the concerns of a caring government. The government itself has to
