Many people are confused about life. Do not know what it does and what it sought in the face of confusion, all the way gone through to get a response. An unhappy past, the past is painful, horrible past all doubt and stored neatly. All of the memory affects the feelings, thoughts and actions that provide trauma and continues to influence and work in the subconscious. Understanding Yourself Program invites us to rise up and advanced to face this life with chat, to hear the experiences of others, and feel the concept of self in taking the attitude.
To that end, the Suryani Institute for Mental Health (SIMH) in cooperation with the Indonesian Psychiatric Association branch Bali entered Program Understanding Yourself. The program is guided directly by Prof. Dr. Dr. Luh Ketut Suryani, Sp.KJ (K) which was held Saturday, March 27th, 2010 at 16:30 to 18:30 pm in Wantilan DPRD Bali, Renon.
Bali’s Miracle Worker
Last year, Dateline’s David O’Shea showed us a side of Bali life that the tourists who flock there never see, mentally ill Balinese held like animals in chains, cages and even medieval stocks – in this day and age, almost unbelievable. Later last year, word reached Dateline that there’d been some ‘good news’ developments to that story. Intrigued, our man O’Shea went back to Bali and discovered that the work of one good Samaritan psychiatrist and her team had resulted in dramatic improvements in their patience, but that progress it seems, has come at a pretty hefty price.
David accompanies Bali’s leading psychiatrist, Dr. Luh Ketut Suryani, as she goes from village to village visiting her patients and providing them with treatment. Her holistic approach combines modern psychiatry and anti-psychotic drugs with Balinese spiritualism.Dr Suryani is Bali’s leading psychiatrist and the only one regularly getting out into the villages. After SBS went to air last year, she finally received 1 billion rupiah, or about $120,000, from Bali’s governor – enough to treat over 300 patients for one year. But, then, in December, he slashed that budget by 90% without consulting her, apparently after listening to jealous critics of her program. Dr Suryani knows her patients won’t be able to afford the expensive medicine she’s been giving out for free. But, with the governor’s money drying up, she needs to find out whether the families can afford to pay at least some of the cost.
