An expert testified below that in Tanzania, bipolar disorder is treated as "shameful." Sufferers are referred to as "mwenda wzimu" which means demon-possessed. He spent years in asylums and prisons where he suffered violent physical abuse. He acts erratically and walks into traffic. During his manic episodes, the man believes he has super powers. During the man's final year at university, his mother passed away, spurring a mental breakdown that forced him to leave school.
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