Health

Schizophrenia: How costly misunderstanding the nature of mental illness can be to a patient

Last month, The Associated Press, a news agency, reported that a North Carolina inmate with mental illness who died of thirst was held in solitary confinement for 35 days and cited twice for flooding his cell.
Thamsanqa Jantjie, 34, infamous took to sign interpretation at Nelson Mandelau00e2u20acu2122s funeral last year. Jantjie, who has been violent in the past and suffers from schizophrenia, said that his hallucinations began while he was interpreting and that he tried not to panic because there were u00e2u20acu0153armed policemen around.u00e2u20acu009d (Net photo)
Thamsanqa Jantjie, 34, infamous took to sign interpretation at Nelson Mandelau00e2u20acu2122s funeral last year. Jantjie, who has been violent in the past and suffers from schizophrenia, said that his hallucinations began while he was interpreting and that he tried not to panic because there were u00e2u20acu0153armed policemen around.u00e2u20acu009d (Net photo)
Ivan Ngoboka