Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 905824,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/905824/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 285,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13119,
        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
        "slug": "agnes-zani"
    },
    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. From the onset, I support this Bill. We have been looking forward to it. I also want to congratulate Sen. Kasanga. She has done a good job by alerting us, keeping us focused and interested in this Bill. This Bill addresses something that we all face even as we struggle to be mentally healthy. The Kenya Mental Health Policy 2015-2030 articulates that one out of four people suffer from mental disorder. The range of mental disorder is broad. In this country, for example, we have misdiagnosis because we do not identify with the mental illnesses that affect our people. Instead, we just read about them in the text books. Some mental illnesses can be easily identified, but some are not well known. Broadly, all these illnesses can be divided into different categories such as, anxiety disorder, mood disorder, personality disorders and Schizophrenia. Under anxiety disorder, we have panic disorder which comes in as a result of panic and can lead to depression. Anxiety disorder comes in as a result of phobia or fear of a particular thing. One can also have excessive compulsive disorders and posttraumatic stress disorders. Mood disorder makes one to change their mood and act differently and that can be caused by hormonal changes and change in situation. Our moods do change. One can wake up happy in the morning, but end up being sad in the afternoon. This is because of something that has happened and all these are mental health issues. In most cases, we think that the person who removes their clothes and runs on the streets is the one that needs assistance. That is not the case because everybody needs attention. This Bill proposes that we should have public and private facilities where people can be assessed. It also proposes that people working in those institutions should have an understanding of all these disorders. Last week, Sen. Shiyonga moved a Motion on Establishment of Nation-Wide Centres and Satellite Clinics for Sickle Cell Disease at County, Sub-County and Ward Levels. While discussing that Motion, we talked of diagnosis of sickle cell and the problem of misdiagnosis. We said that misdiagnosis happens because many illnesses have the same symptoms. Mood disorders are very broad and they include high levels of depression. Mood disorder can manifest itself as bipolar. A bipolar patient will have drastic opposite ways of reacting to things. Persistent depressive disorder is another example of mood disorder. It can be consistent and persistent or seasonal affective disorder. We have different ranges of personality disorder. We have cases such as antisocial personality disorder where people want to remain outside because of levels of depression. We also have paranoia, stress-response syndromes and dissociative disorders which come as a result of something drastic happening at a particular time, but the impact remains with the person. Some people also suffer from factitious disorders, sexual and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}