Table 1

Cases of Pasung on Samosir Island
Case Number
 Male/Female
 Age (Years)
 Diagnosis
 Duration of illness (years)
 Previous psychiatric treatment (Yes/No)
 Type of pasung
 Duration in pasung (years)
 Initiator
 Reason for pasung
 Released? (Yes/No)
1
 M
 56
 Depression, post-schizophrenia
 >25
 yes
 wooden stocks
 21
 Family and community
 History of violence; treatment not affordable
 yes
2
 M
 26
 Schizophrenia
 5
 yes
 confined in a small room
 5
 Family
 Treatment not affordable; fear of violence
 yes
3
 M
 28
 Schizophrenia and suspected mild mental retardation
 10
 yes
 tied with rope
 10
 Family
 Treatment not affordable; fear of violence; fear that he will get lost and come to harm
 yes
4
 M
 27
 Schizophrenia
 12
 no
 chained
 10
 Family and community
 Setting fire to family house and church; history of violence; considered dangerous
 no
5
 F
 45
 Schizophrenia
 >15
 no
 confined in a small room
 4
 family
 Fear that she will run away and come to harm
 yes
6
 F
 55
 Schizophrenia
 10
 yes
 confined in a small room
 2
 family-her children
 Treatment not affordable; fear that she will run away; fear of possibility of suicide
 yes
7
 F
 41
 Schizophrenia
 16
 no
 tied with rope
 16
 family
 Treatment not affordable; fear that she will run away and come to harm; inappropriate sexual behaviour; no-one to look after her
 yes
8
 F
 32
 Schizophrenia
 5
 yes
 confined in a small room
 3
 family
 Treatment not affordable; fear that she will run away and come to harm; no-one to look after her
 yes
9
 M
 27
 Schizophrenia
 3
 yes
 confined in a small room
 2
 family
 History of violence; treatment not affordable; no-one to look after him
 yes
10
 M
 25
 Schizophrenia
 5
 no
 confined in a small room
 5
 family
 History of violence
 yes
11
 F
 25
 Schizoaffective disorder
 5
 no
 confined in a small stall in the rice-field
 5
 family
 Treatment not affordable; fear that she will run away and come to harm; wasting money; inappropriate sexual behaviour
 yes
12
 F
 56
 Temporal lobe epilepsy with interictal hallucinations and personality change
 >20
 yes
 tied with rope
 15
 family
 History of violence; treatment not affordable; fear that she will come to harm; no-one to look after her
 yes, temporary
13
 F
 55
 Dementia of unknown aetiology with behavioural disturbance
 5
 yes
 tied with rope
 5
 family
 Treatment not affordable; fear that she will come to harm and come to harm through accident; no-one to look after her
 yes, temporary
14
 M
 26
 Schizophrenia and suspected mild mental retardation
 5
 no
 wooden stocks
 3
 family
 History of violence; considered to be dangerous to others; no-one to look after him; treatment not affordable
 yes
15
 M
 35
 Schizophrenia
 15
 yes
 wooden stocks
 6
 Family and community
 History of violence; considered to be dangerous to others, no-one is willing to look after him; refuses treatment
 no

Minas and Diatri International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2008 2:8   doi:10.1186/1752-4458-2-8

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