Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Parental duty for mentally ill child

“If taste and habits are due to psychiatric illness like mania or schizophrenia, medicines are required and counseling has limited role. What is the duty of parents for such an individual?”Asked by Dr. Gajdar, Delhi

He answers at 53:48 in Self Correction · 1 min 44 sec

His answer, in his own words
53:48
maulana, agla sawal doctor Gajdar ne kiya hai Dilli se, aur unhon ne likha hai "If taste and habits are due to psychiatric illness like mania or schizophrenia, then definitely medicines are required. in such cases, counseling has a very limited role. what is the duty of parents for such an individual? how long parents must support the individual?" dekhiye, yeh ek controversial baat hai. mera apna manna yeh hai ke mental disease ka koi medicine nahin hoti.
54:29
psychological treatment is ka hota hai. y aani doctor log is ko shayad nahin manen ge, lekin mental, yaani dimaagh ke etbaar se jo insaan ke andar jo, yaani woh illness nahin hoti, woh psychological kharabi hoti hai. to hamari medicine jo hai, hamari physical body ke liye, hamare mind ke liye koi medicine nahin hai. yeh medical science is ko nahi manay gi, kyunke aaj kal aap jantay hain ke neuro science bohat zyada develop shayad ban rahi hai.
55:09
lekin mein is ko nahi manta zaati tor par ke dimagh ka koi ilaaj nahi hai, koi medical treatment nahi hai. dimagh ka aap soch kar ke apnay ko bigaray gay ya soch kar ke banay gay, yeh mera zaati khayal hai. agarche medical science is ki taeed nahi kare gi. maulana, agla ek comment aur sawal hai mazhar sahib ka dilli se. unhon ne likha hai comment ke tor par: "maulana, please aaj ke topic par agar ek book likhain to yeh samaj mein bohat faida mand ho gi.
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