Thomas Ramey Watson

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Psychiatric community care: Belgian town sets gold standard

Hundreds of families in Geel take in psychiatric patients; people who suffer from schizophrenia, from obsessive compulsive disorder, serious mental illnesses. About half of “the boarders” as they are known, also have what is described as “a mild mental handicap.” Families in Geel have been looking after mentally ill people for centuries. When the numbers …

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