LIFE

Drawing out their demons

B Magazine, Woranuj Maneerungsee, Published on 09/12/2012

» It's a humdrum weekday morning like another. People are having a late breakfast in a modestly decorated cafeteria, while outside another two sip on coffees at tables overlooking a wide green lawn. In the lobby, four people are seated in a cosy waiting area. It all seems so normal _ not what one might expect of a hospital dedicated to mental and behavioural health care. In many ways it reflects the fact that in modern Thailand it is becoming increasingly common for people to seek help for psychological problems and that they no longer have to do so hidden from view.