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Rebuilding broken minds

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Human mind is intricate and hence the risks involved in the treatment of deranged minds. But with just a dozen medicines and help from a systematic cure method, a psychiatrist is making a stride in the field of community psychiatry in the tiny southern state of India. Dr T Manoj Kumar, who has worked in Britain for 20 years, returned to his homeland with a mission of extending his expertise in community psychiatry to the marginalised section of the society free of cost. Speaking to The Gulf Today, the Indian-educated doctor, who has visited Dubai in his attempt to widen a network of service-minded people in his voluntary work, said he is dealing with people in the working age adult group who have lost their mental abilities to perform productively and carry on with their lives without others’ help. Three years ago, he joined the Institute of Palliative Medicine, a registered charitable organisation functioning in Kozhikode, a town known for its humanitarian activities in Kerala....