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| A Radical Experiment in Mental Health Care, Tested Over Centuries | A Radical Experiment in Mental Health Care, Tested Over Centuries |
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| A painful loop has defined Iosif’s 53 years on earth: trauma, mental breakdown, psychiatric institutionalization. | A painful loop has defined Iosif’s 53 years on earth: trauma, mental breakdown, psychiatric institutionalization. |
| From his native Romania to a failed asylum bid in Belgium and later divorce and financial distress, Iosif’s condition has punctuated crises in his life that often spiraled out of control. | From his native Romania to a failed asylum bid in Belgium and later divorce and financial distress, Iosif’s condition has punctuated crises in his life that often spiraled out of control. |
| But as he sat at the dining table overlooking the woods through wide glass doors, he seemed at peace. | But as he sat at the dining table overlooking the woods through wide glass doors, he seemed at peace. |
| He spoke about his daily chores (feeding the donkey, doing the dishes), favorite pastimes (reading the Bible, shopping), worries (forgetting to take his pills, overspending). | He spoke about his daily chores (feeding the donkey, doing the dishes), favorite pastimes (reading the Bible, shopping), worries (forgetting to take his pills, overspending). |
| In the living room, the sounds of cartoons filled the air. Etty, 71, and Luc Hayen, 75, were transfixed watching a children’s show involving a mouse on an outlandish adventure. The house cat was curled up on a cream sofa. | |
| All of them live with Ann Peetermans, a 47-year-old beautician, and her teenage son in a long-term arrangement where people with mental illnesses move in with local families. |