What do you do when a loved one is mentally ill?

When there is a serious mental illness involved, such as psychosis, the journey can be long and stressful not just for the person concerned but also their family members. Photo: Filepic

Hanna Fernandez, 24, is just like any other typical young Malaysian girl. She still lives at home with her parents and goes to work on weekdays, and she has friends whom she hangs out with during weekends.

But unlike other young girls, she has never invited her friends to her home, except for a few times when she was a child. This is because Hanna’s mother suffers from mental illness, and exhibits symptoms of psychosis.