A group of 40 people, including service-users, family members and service providers is planning to introduce and fully implement community-based systems of care in Turkey. For this reason, one of their members has been working for 4 months in ENIK Recovery College(Lister) as a peer worker to learn and observe the recovery-oriented model in practice.
For more information about their plans please look here.
A PARABLE Once, on a lush, prolific island surrounded by a deep unknown sea, a family lived in a large old house. The family devoted their lives to keeping their house a safe and comfortable place to live. They worked together harmoniously, blending their...
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In the summer of 2024, during the months of June and July, I was hospitalized twice at University Psychiatric Clinic Ljubljana, where obvious violations of patient and human rights occurred. I mainly want to describe my own experiences, although the medical staff treated other...
