Edition 141: Jul-Sep 2020 [English] - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Dec 26, 2024 Last Updated 2:20 AM, Oct 31, 2024

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A neurological battle ground

An inmate is shackled in unsanitary conditions at a social care institution. Central Java, 4 October 2018 ©2018 Andrea Star Reese

A photojournalist reflects on a decade of documenting the fate of individuals with psychosocial disabilities in Indonesia

‘Why are you here?’

Mental Health Campaign, Jakarta. Photo by A. Boeckenfoerde.

A personal story of caring for society’s most vulnerable

A recovery-oriented model for mental health care for Indonesia?

Follow-up visit for unlocking study / Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good

An international team of researchers charts a course for change

In search of depression in Indonesia

A circumcision ceremony in the greater Yogyakarta area / Patrick Vanhoebrouk

There is an urgent need for institutional support to better understand and treat depression

‘Free from Pasung’ one decade on?

Community health centre in Waifoi, Tiplol Mayalibit district, West Papua Irmansyah

Abolishing Indonesia's practice of physically restraining the mentally ill has some way to go

Restoring or extinguishing hope?

Mr. M had been in pasung for 21 years because of his violent behaviour that resulted from his delusions and hallucinations. Photo: Hervita Diatri

Mental health services in Indonesian hospitals

More than medication

Patients engaging in topeng tembem, a traditional Javanese dance in which the dancers wear masks / Santi Yuliani

Cultural therapy and neurotherapy treat more than just the symptoms of poor mental health

Locals powering change

Mbah Marsiyo explaining his treatment methods / Hans Pols

A faculty, a report and some strong local leaders show that good mental health care is achievable

Changing face of mental health

Online training on managing stress during the COVID-19 crisis, for employees of garment factories across Java through Betterwork Indonesia / Betterwork Indonesia

Awareness is spreading in Indonesia, but stigma and human rights breaches are still big problems

Heartbroken but hopeful, just

I launched two Mobile Mental Health Service units as a pilot project in 2012. I invited the Ministry of Health to become a partner / Nova Riyanti Yusuf

Indonesia’s Mental Health Law will have little impact without more regulatory support

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