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Examples Of Indonesia's Mental Health Care In Jane Eyre

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In the article from the New York Times, Fighting for Indonesia’s Mentally Ill, and Counting Toilets as Progress, it describes Indonesia's mental healthcare facilities in a almost disturbing way. The mentally ill patients there are treated like animals. They sleep on mats in cells filled with multiple other people. If they are not behaving and the unqualified nurses do not know what to do they will shock the patients or in severe cases chain them to a bar. This takes place because Indonesia is a developing country, unlike America which is a developed country, that has advanced in many areas but especially human rights. These conditions are very similar to how Bertha is treated in Jane Eyre. She too is locked away in a attic, away from family
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