Welfare for mentally ill people

[fuehrio]

My ex Thai wife developed schizophrenia after we were together for about 5 years and we stayed together respectively I took care of her for another 10 years. However the phases of psychosis were getting longer / happened more often to a point I was unable to take care of my professional life. We all agreed the best is she stays with her family so that there is always someone around. 

 

I still assist financially and try to make a business for her so that she can take care of herself. However this is so difficult as now she feels mentally sick almost every day. I can't support her all my life long and wonder if there is any institution / government help she could apply. As a fact she really wants work but can't due to her illness. I doubt there is, but would like to reach out and see if anyone knows more about this or where can apply for financial welfare.

[scubascuba3]

This would be better in the health section @Sheryl

[Sheryl]

AFAIK there is no government assistance avsilable for this. 

[fuehrio]

13 hours ago, Sheryl said:

AFAIK there is no government assistance avsilable for this. 

Thanks. That's what I thought, the family seems the only welfare system here for such cases.

[BananaStrong]

You are a good man.  I wish you both the best

[Sheryl]

3 hours ago, fuehrio said:

Thanks. That's what I thought, the family seems the only welfare system here for such cases.

These and many other tyes of cases. Thailand does not have a welfare system.

 

[fuehrio]

4 hours ago, BananaStrong said:

You are a good man.  I wish you both the best

Many thanks, appreciate your words! Mental illness is worse than most other illnesses IMO and it's painful to see how the beautiful mind of a person you love deteriorates.

[jaiyenyen]

My wife and I are in the same predicament with her 26 yr old son. No state help available as far as we know.

[jumbo]

The Mental Health Department (MHD) is the national mental health authority. There are 122 outpatient facilities in the country, located in mental hospitals and in general hospitals. Eleven percent of these facilities are for children and adolescents only. There are no day treatment facilities in Thailand. The only residential facilities are for people with mental retardation and substance abuse. There are 25 community-based psychiatric units with 0.4 beds per 100,000 population and 17 mental hospitals with 13.8 beds per 100,000 population. The rate of users in community based inpatient units is 173 per 100,000 population and in mental hospitals is 158 per 100,000 population. The majority of patients admitted to mental hospitals have a diagnosis of schizophrenia. All forensic beds are located in one mental hospital for security reasons. It was estimated that most admissions to mental hospitals and inpatient units are involuntary.

 

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/who-aims-country-reports/thailand_who_aims_report.pdf?sfvrsn=853b6294_3&download=true#:~:text=In Thailand there are 122,and 17 in mental hospitals.

[mick220675]

You are a good person for caring so much. 

 

I don't know where your ex wife lives. We are in South buriram our nearest specialist mental health ward is korat. They can help with assessment and prescribing drugs.

 

Two people in our village have been sent to korat, one thai and one german. The German man stayed two weeks and then came back to the village. He had a prescription he could pick up from our local hospital. He lived ok until he went to pattaya for a holiday died in the police cells after not taking his medication and drinking heavily. 

 

The Thai man was brought back to the village and after repeatedly attacking people the police insisted he was put on a chain in his garden. The poor man lived for years like it.

[fuehrio]

1 hour ago, jumbo said:

The Mental Health Department (MHD) is the national mental health authority. There are 122 outpatient facilities in the country, located in mental hospitals and in general hospitals. Eleven percent of these facilities are for children and adolescents only. There are no day treatment facilities in Thailand. The only residential facilities are for people with mental retardation and substance abuse. There are 25 community-based psychiatric units with 0.4 beds per 100,000 population and 17 mental hospitals with 13.8 beds per 100,000 population. The rate of users in community based inpatient units is 173 per 100,000 population and in mental hospitals is 158 per 100,000 population. The majority of patients admitted to mental hospitals have a diagnosis of schizophrenia. All forensic beds are located in one mental hospital for security reasons. It was estimated that most admissions to mental hospitals and inpatient units are involuntary.

 

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/who-aims-country-reports/thailand_who_aims_report.pdf?sfvrsn=853b6294_3&download=true#:~:text=In Thailand there are 122,and 17 in mental hospitals.

Thailand really has a huge shortcoming here. With the right care and assistance, the suffering could be mitigated for so many people

[fuehrio]

13 minutes ago, mick220675 said:

You are a good person for caring so much. 

 

I don't know where your ex wife lives. We are in South buriram our nearest specialist mental health ward is korat. They can help with assessment and prescribing drugs.

 

Two people in our village have been sent to korat, one thai and one german. The German man stayed two weeks and then came back to the village. He had a prescription he could pick up from our local hospital. He lived ok until he went to pattaya for a holiday died in the police cells after not taking his medication and drinking heavily. 

 

The Thai man was brought back to the village and after repeatedly attacking people the police insisted he was put on a chain in his garden. The poor man lived for years like it.

Thank you! Really sad what happened to these 2 persons. We were living 15Y in Bangkok and she now lives with the family up in Lampang. Luckily they have a mental illness hospital there where she can be taken care if the psychosis is too strong (not eating and sleeping for several days etc), not as good as the BKK facilities though. She never drunk alcohol or took drugs but happened that she forgot medications if a new wave of psychosis approached. This has now improved as her family member observe very carefully that she don't misses the meds.