Bring Mental Health Care to Cambodians

A client is 26 years, female, living in Tboung Khmum province, has been sick with Schizophrenia for over a year. After her family felt hopeless for recovery, she had been chained or locked up for 6 months. Then her family has got an information about the operation unchain project, he contacted us for getting the treatment.

She got married with a daughter. Then her husband went to Thailand for employment as laborer and he has an affair with another girl. She felt suffered strongly. After that she is yelling, angry, cursing, disturbed behavior, talk alone, hallucination (hearing voice), delusion, running away, restlessness, not sleep at night.

Her family brought her to see traditional healers (Krou Khmer) who are monkhood and lay people. She was referred to see 4 famous traditional healers, as result there was no improvement and much expense. Then her family brought her to see psychiatrist in town, and get medicine for treatment. She took medicine for 2 months, but there was noticeable improvement then in the third month she took all medicine (80 tablets). She was referred to provincial hospital then referred to national hospital in Phnom Penh for saving her life. After that she was chained or locked up.

After receiving the treatment from TPO mobile treatment team for 3 weeks, she has been improved and she asked for being unchained. Then her family released her from chain and she took medicine voluntarily.

Her family and her neighbors have never expected to get recovery like this. They recognized that this treatment is free of charge and very effective. They thanked for TPO and for donors that help this patent to be better. If there is no help from TPO, she would be chained or locked up for the rest of her life.