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Doris Appiah: Bipolar and kept in chains

Tied to a tree and deprived of food - a former patient describes her ordeal at a prayer camp in Ghana which claimed it could cure her mental illness

Lucy Ash speaks to Doris Appiah, the Ghanaian woman who suffered abuse for years at a prayer camp which claimed it could cure her mental illness. Also, from the UK, we hear from Sandra O'Connor who has 'faceblindness'- and very few friends as a result, and Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse, the legendary South African drummer, who went back to school 40 years after he dropped out

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28 minutes

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Tue 16 Oct 2012 01:32GMT

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  • Mon 15 Oct 2012 12:32GMT
  • Mon 15 Oct 2012 19:32GMT
  • Mon 15 Oct 2012 23:32GMT
  • Tue 16 Oct 2012 01:32GMT

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