Thailand Sees Growing Numbers Of Mental Patients

[EarthAlien]

"By 2070 when Thailand becomes more urbanised"

.... if the world lasts that long then the world would be welcoming Thailand into the modern era 60 years after the fact???

[transam]

Does this mean a Crack Down on farang visas ?

[redroo]

My bus driver today was on methamphetamin

or just plain simple mad in the coconut !!

and wanting to kill everyone on the bus by driving strait into oncomming traffic and sounding his horn.

[notmyself]

Just bar girl talk, empty words.

[notmyself]

My bus driver today was on methamphetamin

or just plain simple mad in the coconut !!

and wanting to kill everyone on the bus by driving strait into oncomming traffic and sounding his horn.

Essex?

[jeffandgop]

" Public Health Minister Surawit Khonsomboon said Thailand currently has more than 3 million mental patients, but only one-third of them are receiving treatment, at the country’s 17 mental hospitals nationwide."

Yeah, they're also known as politicians and would be politicians.....

[Tanaka]

That cannot be correct - only 5% of the population? Even US is above 20% (22.1%). Canada 25%. UK 18% etc. (Source NIMH)

Na, there was a zero missing on the % number.

[Tanaka]

It doesn't follow that an increase in mental patients represents an increase in mental illness. It's just as likely that any increase in patient numbers arises from a more vigorous healthcare program and a more efficient patient record system. Changes in fashion for psychiatric diagnosis can result also in apparent increases in rates of mental illness as a result of more soft diagnostic categories being included e g: Vulnerable Emotional personality.The incidence of mental illness is surprisingly consistent throughout the world.

In Thailand this is true only because there are not enough competent people to measure the mental illness.

[Beetlejuice]

Internationally mental illness, severe depression and suicides are on the increase.

This is because the world has become a much more competitive place and people can be under tremendous pressures these days in the high tech, fast paced, every man for himself, we`re taking no prisoners, 21st century of high expectations.

It`s a side affect of the times we live in.

I thank my lucky stars that I am now in a situation of being able to relax and out of industry. But I pity the younger generations of this succeed or go under modern world. It`s no wonder that people are cracking up under the strain.

Edited September 21, 2012 by Beetlejuice

[Rajab Al Zarahni]

It doesn't follow that an increase in mental patients represents an increase in mental illness. It's just as likely that any increase in patient numbers arises from a more vigorous healthcare program and a more efficient patient record system. Changes in fashion for psychiatric diagnosis can result also in apparent increases in rates of mental illness as a result of more soft diagnostic categories being included e g: Vulnerable Emotional personality.The incidence of mental illness is surprisingly consistent throughout the world.

In Thailand this is true only because there are not enough competent people to measure the mental illness.

and that too.

[Keesters]

I know a few X Pats that could use some help perhaps?

Especially the ones in Pattaya and Phuket! LOL

And all members of your household because they have to put up with living with YOU. LOL

[radiochaser]

"Urbanisation will be more intensified in eastern Thailand and family size will be smaller, while more women will become family leaders, Dr Surawit predicted."

Looks like I'm way ahead of the game; I do what I'm told from the missus already!

And you're not the only one

What is wrong with you guys? Be men and stand up for your selves!

I don't do what my missus tells me!

Well at least till I piss her off and she starts to me!

[cup-O-coffee]

How can we be sure that Public Health Minister Surawit Khonsomboon is not depressed and simply trying to bring everyone down to this level?

On another note, building cages to put depressed people is simply an admission that one is not ready to deal with the problem at a core, family level.

I detest "government". I really do. It is a flesh-eating cyst on human society's nose, and simply turns it's acolytes into worthless, double-standard, deceitful blobs of oily flesh.

[Rajab Al Zarahni]

How can we be sure that Public Health Minister Surawit Khonsomboon is not depressed and simply trying to bring everyone down to this level?

On another note, building cages to put depressed people is simply an admission that one is not ready to deal with the problem at a core, family level.

I detest "government". I really do. It is a flesh-eating cyst on human society's nose, and simply turns it's acolytes into worthless, double-standard, deceitful blobs of oily flesh.

I detest "government". I really do. It is a flesh-eating cyst on human society's nose, and simply turns it's acolytes into worthless, double-standard, deceitful blobs of oily flesh.

You could write scripts for horror films !

[Sayonarax]

Greed, not caring for others anymore with those who are higher in the food chain showing the example in the way of corruption - is probably not good for the hearth and mind.

So you pay and take care of all the elder/sick in your family? You talk the talk but do you walk it?

I know a few X Pats that could use some help perhaps?

Especially the ones in Pattaya and Phuket! LOL

Oh you'll make the bottom feeders mad if you talk about them.

[Moruya]

The worst cases are treated by forum therapy. They are given names such as Bird Crap, Brain Fiend, 555GeeWhizz and Pee Pee Man and are encouraged to be manically obsessive/compulsive on news forums.

[FarangTalk]

Oh you'll make the bottom feeders mad if you talk about them.

The biggest expat tossers I meet are those that think they are somehow better than the rest of us.

[JoeLing]

"Urbanisation will be more intensified in eastern Thailand and family size will be smaller, while more women will become family leaders, Dr Surawit predicted."

Looks like I'm way ahead of the game; I do what I'm told from the missus already!

And you're not the only one

What is wrong with you guys? Be men and stand up for your selves!

I don't do what my missus tells me!

Well at least till I piss her off and she starts to me!

[travelmann]

Greed, not caring for others anymore with those who are higher in the food chain showing the example in the way of corruption - is probably not good for the hearth and mind.

In that case, maybe the country should adopt Buddhist principles?

What u mean? begging for money or running religion as an out and out business?