Mental Illness In Ancient India

In 2003, Raj Patil was a normal ten-year-old living in Mumbai, India. But in the next year, a consecutive series of disastrous family situations left him in a critical emotional state. In 2010, Raj’s father finally realized that his son was mentally ill, and he acquired prescribed drugs, leading to Raj’s gradual recovery. However, six months later, their financial condition worsened, and the family could no longer afford Raj’s medicine. In 2012, Raj’s family started locking his bedroom door and not letting him come out. Sadly, many Indian families have similar responses to mental illness. Many Indians diagnosed with mental illness are not treated properly, but a group called China-India Mental Health Alliance is identifying the evidence-based problems and attempting to solve them.
Indian society tends to ignore and reject mentally-ill people because of cultural, financial, and unavailability issues. India’s …show more content…
An NPR article gives insight to this problem: when an Indian child’s mental illness was first discussed with the parent, the parent’s ¨first thought was