{"id":790649,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/790649/?format=json","text_counter":130,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Mbai","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":181,"legal_name":"Benson Itwiku Mbai","slug":"benson-mbai"},"content":"Most of these conditions which require counselling services have a psychological background. You visit a counsellor after you talk to a traditionalist in the village. Psychological and mental issues are associated with curses by the elderly or witchcraft. When you talk to a psychologist, he will tell you that it is all in your mind. You need to work it out in your mind and things will change. When you talk to a psychiatrist, he will tell you there is chemical imbalance. So, the point of the matter is that this condition has a scientific solution. Early stages of all the mental conditions can be addressed through counselling."}