Pang on psychological disorder

In Thai culture, only people who have a severe mental illness seek the help of psychologists. Normally, most Thais think that all patients who treat by psychologists are crazy. The patients do not want to be looked down by society, so they try to cheat themselves that they are normal and avoid to see psychologists. However, they need someone to take care and listen their problems closely. Friend is a person that they trust and want to tell anything. When people know that their friend has a mental illness, they should not tell him directly. It is probably makes the symptom worse. They should tell his parents and suggest taking him to see psychologists that is the best to treat his psychological disorder.