Abstract:The history of psychiatry haunts our present. Our people remain chained and shackled in institutions and by ideas which colonisers brought to our continent and many other parts of the world. Indeed, we do remain 'objects of treatment and charity' and some of the worst human rights violations do occur in the very institutions that claim to provide mental health care services. 1 Alambuya, who has lived with bipolar disorder for over twenty years, is one of the most passionate members of the mental health service… Show more
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