Advocate kindles hope for those trapped in 'frozen state of fear'
By
April Chong
SHE tried hanging herself and slashing her wrists, and had even been locked up in an isolation cell in a psychiatric ward.
But Madam Gayathri Ramprasad, 46, is not only past all that, but has recast herself as an international advocate for mental health: She runs her own mental health consultancy in the United States and a non-profit organisation to promote mental health awareness and build communities of recovery.
In town for the Asia-Pacific Psychiatric Rehabilitation Conference, at the Institute of Mental Health last week, she shared her experiences at a talk and urged mental health care-givers to help 'light a candle' in the lives of their patients.
Read April Chong's full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
