A Thai mother sought help from news agencies after her son, who had a history of mental health treatment, disappeared after being arrested by officers and was last seen at Don Mueang Police Station in Bangkok on December 1.

 

The 57 year old woman Boonyuen revealed with Channel 3 that her son, Wasan Prasitthikasikorn, also known as Tee, had a history of taking drugs that caused him to develop mental illness. After a year of treatment, he recovered and was able to earn a living. He worked as a taxi driver and lived alone in an apartment in the Don Mueang district of Bangkok.

 

Boonyuen went on to say that Tee called her and his daughter, who lived in the northern province of Kampaeng Phet, almost every day. He made a final call to her in the early hours of November 26 saying “I cannot take it anymore! No more!” and hung up.

 

Boonyuen tried to contact her son but was unsuccessful. So, she asked a relative in Bangkok to check on him at the apartment. However, Tee was not there, and a neighbour told the relative that Tee was arrested on November 26 because he went on a rampage.

 

Boonyuen decided to go to Bangkok to look for her son. She went to Don Mueang police station to see him, but he was not there either. Officers told Boonyuen that they had arrested Tee in the early hours of November 26 and released him at 2pm.

 

Tee was still causing chaos in public, so they arrested him again in the evening, but police did not say when they released Tee after the second arrest.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Facebook/ ศูนย์ข้อมูลคนหาย มูลนิธิกระจกเงา

 

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How to tell if they are mentally ill?

 

Quite a lot of them demonstrate symptoms of mental illness during what they regard as normal behaviour, such as driving motor vehicles etc. 

Boonyuen stated that her son quit drugs a long time ago but still used kratom and cannabis as she found them in his apartment.

So he re-started and back down the old slippery slope again.

So, a history of drug taking and mental illness and was still able to get a license as a taxi driver.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

that caused him to develop mental illness. After a year of treatment, he recovered and was able to earn a living. He worked as a taxi driver

 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He made a final call to her in the early hours of November 26 saying “I cannot take it anymore! No more!” and hung up.

 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Tee was arrested on November 26 because he went on a rampage.

 

Looks like he did not completely recover ... but enough to be a taxi driver ...?

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

a history of taking drugs that caused him to develop mental illness. He worked as a taxi driver

 

I met him! 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

taking drugs that caused him to develop mental illness

 

wow   !    his mother must be a dedicated mental expert because I've never heard drugs cause mental illness before. 

There is treatment for mental illness in Thailand? Really? Since when?

I feel sorry for the mother. She is being punished by her son's actions too. 

12 hours ago, steven100 said:

 

wow   !    his mother must be a dedicated mental expert because I've never heard drugs cause mental illness before. 

Just because you never heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

My wife's son dabbled with Yaa Baa when he was 16. By the time he was 20 he was diagnosed as being Paranoid Schizophrenic,as a direct consequence of drug use. He's now 26 and can look forward to a life of daily, strong medication. He's unable to function as a normal human being, even with his meds.

Taking Yaa Baa was devastating for both him, and his mother.