By Mr. Seang Leap | Psychologist/Project Coordinator
The Annual Report of Operation Unchained Project 2019
1. Objectives:
To improve mental health and eventually free mentally ill patients who have been locked up due to their mental illness or due to the lack of access to appropriate treatment.
Raise awareness of mental health issues in rural Cambodian communities and demonstrates that there are alternatives to chaining up family members struggling with severe and chronic mental illness.
2. Mobile team
Mr. Seang Leap Project Coordinator/Psychologist
Dr Ang Sody Clinician/Senior Psychiatrist
3. Partners
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Ministry of Health
Provincial Health Department
District Health Office, Referral Hospitals and Health Centers
Local authorities
4. Number of patients:
The project has contacted for treatment psychotic patients who are locked up or chained by families or relatives.
128 patients contacted the project.
123 received the treatment, 68 in male and 55 in female live in 15 provinces of Cambodia.
5 cases are in waiting list.
In 2019, 30 patients are new cases.
5. The result of treatment
78 patients are unchained by their families.
5 patients died because of physical illness.
9 patients are dropped out.
28 cases are still chained.
5 cases are in waiting list.
72% of the patients who are in the treatment were unchained by their families.
6. Challenges
A few of families didn’t provide enough care for patients. This made the condition of mentally ill patients better slowly.
Some patients live in dispersed areas and long distances, so we spend long time for traveling to see them.
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