Witnesses of Bangkok violence lives in fear
A survey of 3,000 Bangkok residents in the three communities that witnessed violent incidents during the past few weeks found 450 of them living under stress, with Nang Lern suffering the most.
"The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will help and rehabilitate people who came down with mentally illness from the political violence," Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said yesterday.
The BMA conducted the survey on the mental health impact from the political tension in the Nang Lerng, Phetburi and Din Daeng communities, where residents clashed with proThaksin protesters.
About 15 per cent of all the respondents were under stress, but in the Nang Lern community that figure went up to 20 per cent of the 1,179 sample group.
People living in Din Daeng were the strongest.
In a bid to prevent the reoccurrence of political violence in the long term, the BMA will ask the Abhisit government to provide financial assistance and speed up its reconciliation process.
People should seeking counselling from a hospital if they are under stress, Sukhumbhand said.
The BMA has opened two clinics for stress release at City Hall, he added.
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