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Thousands of Schizophrenic Patients in Chains

Almost half a million Indonesian people have schizophrenia, and thousands are kept confined. Consequently, their potential is left unfulfilled.

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Istana KSJ founder Nurhamid (center) holds out a hand to help Elis Munawaroh, 30 (center), out of her cage on Thursday (3/10/2019) in Wargasari village, Kadupandak district, Cianjur regency, West Java. Her family kept Elis, who has schizophrenia, in confinement for her own safety from possible assault by fellow villagers due to the stigma and superstition surround the mental illness.

CIANJUR, KOMPAS — The severe stigma against schizophrenia means that many people with the illness do not receive inadequate treatment. Apart from living as vagrants, thousands are kept bound or confined. As a result, their potential is not realized and they risk being left behind in Indonesia’s pusuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Basic Health Research 2018 shows that seven out of 1,000 Indonesian households have family members with schizophrenia, which means that 69 million households would have an estimated 480,000 schizophrenia sufferers. The exact number of schizophrenics on who are homeless or kept confined is unknown. The Health Ministry has recorded 57,000 schizophrenia sufferers who are kept in confinement (2014), but other sources put the total at 18,800. It has recorded 1.8 million displaced people with disabilities (2014), including schizophrenics.

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