# 3981 Pray Tell How to Pray
In our Shemonah Esrei when saying the 8th bracha for Refuah and inserting names for cholim, is it appropriate to include individuals with mental health issues? Should one also include names for individuals with a chronic illness (physical and/or mental) that can last for decades and should you say their name each day for years and years?
Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a maintains that one should not repeat a tefila for a sick individual suffering from a chronic illness (physical and/or mental) more that thirty days as it may be considered already as part of the brocho.
The prayer for that particular patient should be said at ’Elokay Netzor’ after the Shemoneh Esrei.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a.
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: November 17, 2022