article_snippet.sent: Ms Fernando, a barrister for 12 years, said: 'Police, social services or hospitals dealing with people with conditions that affect people ability to communicate can decide people are being obstructive or evasive. '
article_snippet.sent: people do not realise the person may have a mental health or other condition.
article_snippet.sent: The way people behave often affects the way people are treated. '
article_snippet.sent: We need to massively improve mental health support, which has been not good enough for many decades.
article_snippet.sent: I hope Chamali regrets Chamali comments and will think carefully about Chamali attitude to mental illness in the future.'
article_snippet.sent: Ms Fernando said: 'The question that was asked is how authorities, such as the police, could better deal with mental health issues. '
article_snippet.sent: There are people who have come into contact with the police and due to an underlying mental health condition are unable to communicate the police condition. '