In the Belgian town of Geel, families have long taken in people with psychiatric conditions. Could it work elsewhere? Gift Link! Please make time to read our deeply researched story about an ancient, radical experiment in therapeutic community. #thread nytimes.com/2023/04/21/wor…
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Religious tradition started bringing pilgrims w mental illness here in the 13th cent. Since then fostering has become part of community fabric. It is ran & supported by the local psychiatric hospital. Not all patients are right for boarding, but good matches often last decades.