Helpline for violent aggressive patients

Submitted by Helpless on 9 August 2017

Hi All

My 79 yrs old father is a patient of schizophrenia for ages now and had stopped taking treatment after 2013. he claims he is absolutely sane and everybody around if conspiring against him and gets physically aggressive. Even though a senior citizen he has the strength to bashup family members badly and has done so many times whenever we suggest him to see a doctor. Recently my mother has been diagnosed with cancer and he has become even more violent since he resent her treatment cost even though he is financially sound. We're finding it impossible to continue treatment for our mother now because of his behavior and feel her life is under constant threat from him. The hospitals in Chandigarh do not have any helpline to take such patients forcably for assessment or treatment. What shall we do in such a case?

 

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I'm unable to find contact details of Col Mehandiratta. I tried looking up Prayaas NGO in google in chandigarh but couldnt find any . There is only one Prayaas organisation for Handicapped and challenged children.

I'm unable to find contact details of Col Mehandiratta. I tried looking up Prayaas NGO in google in chandigarh but couldnt find any . There is only one Prayaas organisation for Handicapped and challenged children.

PatientsEngage

Sat, 08/12/2017 - 08:00

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Also found this: AATMA SHAKTI KENDRA Address (Regd. Office) - Karuna Sadan, Sector 11-B, Chandigarh, India Contact Info - Phone Nos: +91-172-746160

thestatesofmind.blogspot.com/2008/08/listing-of-ngos-working-in-mental.html

Also shared on our FB page for more responses

PatientsEngage

Sat, 08/12/2017 - 09:14

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Update from Mr. Bakhshy on our FB page: Please don't stop your mother's treatment under any circumstances. Chemical restrains should be used to manage your father's aggression. Please see Dr Chauhan of PGIMER for help, treatment and guidance. Supported admission/involuntary admission under special circumstances can be made at PGIMER. Please try covert medication for your father. You may also seek help from Col Mehndiratta who is a caregiver and runs an NGO Parivartan in Chandigarh, his mobile 9872869211. Please give my reference. Amrit Bakhshy

just on a separate note, the resentment for medical expenses need not be related to his schizophrenia. knew another gentleman who was well off but very concerned on expenses for his wife's surgery

Mangala R

Mon, 08/14/2017 - 11:04

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Please move your mother to a different place preferably a hospital. It is possible your father is simply denying his wife's illness. You can meet a psychiatrist without the patient and discuss with him about bringing him into a hospital. In Chennai we have ambulance services which pick up patients and transport them to the hospital for a fee. If such a service is not available you may have to seek a court order for involuntary admission.
If your father trusts his physician/family doctor, try requesting him to make a home visit and convince him to get hospitalized for general medical work up and avoid talking about his mental health.

Sir unfortunately in Chandigarh I did not find any psychiatrist who is willing to even give me an appt. without asking me to bring the patient. I find that ridiculous. How will any mentally unstable person agree to go to a doc willingly himself that too a violent one.

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I had moved my mum to a hospital when she was in pain and my father as usual was getting aggressive and angry about her medical bills. She couldnt survive and I lost her in Sep 2017. Since that day I have not been able to forgive my father. Now I want to move on with my life . My job is demanding me to move out the country but am stuck in this hell because of my father. He refuses to see any psychiatrists and gets violent at the mere mention of it and I am tired to begging my maids and helpers to stick with me to manage the house. I recently checked with the psychologist at Prayas and they said a Mental Health Act passed by parliament in 2017 now has made it even more difficult for medical practitioners to bring such patients forcibly for treatment and the patient has the right to refuse treatment. So are there no rights for caregivers? Why are we forced to live in hell everyday just because we have to be biologically related? What support system is there for us? How do I move on?

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The New law seems to be a death warrant for patients and caregivers alike. My father continues to get worse. He has thrown out the attendant we had kept for him accusing him falsely of theft. I tried to reach out to a few psychiatrists for advice and help but all keep refusing because of the New Law. The police is not helpful in such cases and getting a court order from magistrate in case of an emergency for assessment and treatment of my father forcibly is a long drawn process...not to mention financially painful too as any lawyer will charge a heavy fee for such cases. I do not understand how consulting a psychiatrist itself has become such a painful process. How can law put the lives of patients and caregivers in jeopardy. They should let the doctor decide whether someone needs treatment or not post consultation. I believe this new Mental Health Law in India leaves us with only 2 options - Either kill ourselves or run away from the patient to save ourselves