Focus on Mental Illness
In 1962, acclaimed architect Paul Rudolph began design work on the Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center, one of two buildings that comprise the Government Service Center in Boston. Construction ceased in 1971. The building remains unfinished. Rudolph believed that "[a]rchitecture is used ...
Abandoned, chained, forgotten... Mental patients in Pakistan face the lack of resources to take care of them. Ignorance and stigma cause prejudice against mental disorders. Mental health facilities available for their care are very sparse. In the past, the government of Pakistan has attempted to make progress ...
Pathways To Housing PA believes that housing is a basic human right. They work with people who are chronically homeless and suffer with a serious and persistent mental illness. These are people that have been on the streets for 5, 10, 15, and sometimes even 20 years. ..
Shaar Menashe Mental Health Center for Holocaust survivors in Pardes Hanna, Israel, is a home for about 70 Holocaust survivors. Most of them, who were children during the Holocaust, lost many or all of their family members. Along the years, they emigrated to Israel and tried to integrate into the Israel...
The focus of the project 'Caged Humans in Bali' will be to raise awareness of the issue of 'Pasung. Pasung is the physical restraint by way of chains, ropes and cages of the mentally ill in Indonesia under the care of their families as there is a lack of Governmental support...
by Christian Werner/ Bali
Bali is a tropical vacation paradise, but there is a dark side just a few tourists get to see. People with mental illness are chained by their family members, they are often tied up or locked up in shocking living conditions. Around 20 million people in Indonesia have a mental illness. Only a few get help...