Collins Yagbil, before he was arrested<\/strong><\/p>\nA Mental Health expert and Regional
\nMental Health Coordinator at the Upper East Regional Health Directorate, Edem
\nQuarshie Ameglah, says family members and communities have the responsibility
\nto report or assist persons with mental health problems or showing signs of
\nmental disorders to get medical attention.<\/p>\n
According to him, before persons with
\nmental health problems start causing troubles in public and become dangerous to
\nthemselves and society, they show little signs at home and if the family
\nmembers are observant they will identify these signs as associated with mental
\nhealth challenges and call for immediate medical assistance.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately even if families
\nsee these signs, many of them try to cover them up to avoid their relatives
\nbeing labeled as \u201cmad\u201d, then one day, the unexpected happens.\u201d
\nHe said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Amegle was speaking in connection
\nwith the 35 year old man, Collins Yagbil who sacrificed his children to his
\ngods and killed his wife for trying to stop him from sacrificing the children.<\/p>\n
Some community members say the man
\nhad a history of behaving abnormally sometimes, but they always thought he had
\nbeen possessed by these gods and so did not see that it was a mental problem.<\/p>\n
They believe that on the day he tried
\nto sacrifice his children to his gods, he may have been possessed by his gods
\nand not with his own mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes he is nice and walks
\naround soberly and sometimes he becomes abusive and misbehaves. During this
\nperiod you only watch him do his thing; nobody wants to have problems with him,
\nbecause he would always say he is a \u201cTindana\u201d (Traditional
\nPriest\/Landlord).\u201d A community member said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Thursday, June 27, Collins Yagbil
\n35 came under a community attack and was nearly lynched for sacrificing his
\nchildren to his gods and killing his wife too, but was saved by the Police and
\narrested.<\/p>\n
The police had a tough time taking
\nthe suspect out of the community, because person related to the wife were bent
\non lynching him.<\/p>\n
In recent time, some \u201cmen of
\nGod\u201d in some viral videos have been seen taking some actions that
\nindicated that they are possessed by some spirit and yet members of their
\ncongregations have not made any attempts at getting them some medical
\nattention.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Daily Guide<\/em><\/strong> has learnt that the son of Collins Yagbil survived despite the cutting and he is responding to treatment at a health facility the family is keeping away from the public.<\/p>\nFROM: Ebo Bruce-Quansah, Bolgatanga <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collins Yagbil, before he was arrested A Mental Health expert and Regional Mental Health Coordinator at the Upper East Regional Health Directorate, Edem Quarshie Ameglah, says family members and communities have the responsibility to report or assist persons with mental health problems or showing signs of mental disorders to get medical attention. According to him, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":649551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-649550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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