Opinion: Still a long way to go in managing mental illness

Despite remarkable advances, there is still no perfect art or science in dealing with mental health issues.    
I grew up in India and our house was not too far away from what they called the Mental Quarters. We would regularly see patients travelling in a convoy of carts chained into seating positions, being transported to outings or other places for services. Onlookers saw them as people to be feared or ridiculed. The image always stuck with me. Many societies had special l