The Battle of Geel, also known as the Battle of the Geel Bridgehead, was a major battle between British and German troops in Belgium during the Second World War. Date, 8 September – 23 September Location. Near Geel.
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In fact, a family at [Geel] is not considered respectable if lunatics are not [e]ntrusted to it, and the withdrawal of them from care constitutes a heavy punishment. The program saw incredible growth in the early 20th century.
At its peak in , nearly 4, boarders lived in a town of 16,, and services had expanded to include a school for children with mental illnesses and cognitive differences. Although family care continued throughout the war, numbers declined.
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Today, boarders live in Geel with families. Many of the boarders in the s had diagnoses like depression, anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder that can be more easily managed now with medication. These days, boarders are more likely to live with either serious cognitive disabilities or mental illnesses, like schizophrenia, that are more challenging to treat. Incredibly, those diagnoses are not disclosed to the foster families.
Instead, they approach their boarders as individuals with their own behaviours and personality quirks rather than a list of symptoms. Instead of pathologizing the boarders, the aim is to highlight their abilities and strengths. Most radically, the program works to reshape society to be fully inclusive instead of forcing people with mental illnesses to try to accommodate an intolerant society.
The end goal is for boarders to be able to live in a world that accepts them for who they are. Boarders often live with the same foster family through multiple generations ; when the parents become too old to care for them, they will move in with the adult children. They also learned from a very young age not to view mental illness as strange or frightening.
Kathleen Goovaerts, who owns the Roosendaelhof Hotel in Geel, has a lot of fond memories of growing up next door to a family with three boarders. Many others have it much worse. Given all of that, Geel felt like a revelation to me. The day I was there, a group of boarders and staff was assembling before leaving for a vacation in Spain. Everyone seemed to know each other, and over the sounds of suitcase wheels and spoons clinking against coffee cups were shouts wishing the travellers a good trip. If the scene was remarkable at all, it was only for its ordinariness.
During the French Revolution, it was ransacked and used as a stable by French troops. The Battle of Geel, one of the bloodiest during the liberation of Belgium in the Second World War, destroyed its roof. In , a local university tested them, and radiocarbon dating showed that they belong to a young woman who died between AD and These are, after all, what set her apart from everyone else.
But if the person described in her legend ever existed, she was a young woman who experienced horrors that young women are still confronting today. She was abused by someone she knew. Her abuser was protected by an imbalance of power and people who were afraid to challenge the status quo.
She died at the point in the abuse cycle when the risk of violence is highest: the moment she gathered the courage to leave. Like so many other victims of abuse, Dymphna channelled her trauma into helping others.
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Her brief life was an act of determination, bravery and resilience. I still have my Dymphna medallion. It helped me believe in a future where I might feel that way again. I find comfort in rubbing it between my fingers or running it along its chain; each movement a tiny, wordless prayer.
I reached for it often when I was in Geel, a way of grounding myself when everything around me was so surreal. I settled on a combination of all three. On my last morning in Geel, I decided to go to the church one more time. Even though it was Saturday, the doors were open and the pews were full. I stood at the back and watched as a joyous priest doled out blessings, parents took pictures, and children chased each other up and down the aisles.
After a while, I went out to the small graveyard and sat in the grass. A touching read, and a beautiful story of acceptance and inclusiviness. Didn't know about Dymphna, but her story certainly sounds familiar so many centuries after her death.
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Here in California, if you feel the need to go see a psychiatrist, neurologist or therapist—you call the office make an appointment and pay for it. Seems much simpler than waiting for the government to approve. Except what she's talking about has nothing to do with who pays for it. She's talking about how long it takes——in America, where I live; in Canada, where she lives; in Abu Dhabi, where I have lived; anywhere--to receive care. If you had ever faced this problem yourself you'd know that.
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Instead you take what could be an opportunity to learn something and turn it into your moment to make some narrow-minded political statement-that isn't even relevant. I wonder Only if you have insurance, can find a provider in your network, hopefully they are accepting new patients or you don't have to make an appointment with a gp first before you can get a referral, and then wait upwards of a month or more for your first appointment. Much simpler. Pretty obviously, if you can pay for it yourself, you can just call the office and make an appointment in any country of the world.
There isn't a law against paying for your own therapy in Canada or Europe or wherever. It's when you can't afford to pay that you need either the government or your insurer—whoever is paying—to approve it. In both cases, that can take time. It's embarrassing that you're expressing such ignorant opinions about this subject in public. Please don't speak about important subjects if you don't know anything about them. If you can afford it, or if you can find one that takes medicare.
Single-payer means you need treatment, you get treatment.
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What a truly extraordinary story. Kudos to Anne Theriault. It reminds me of Jean Vanier's L'Arche homes, which are, of course, much better known, and for people with developmental disabilities rather than mental illnesses, but the concept of "radical acceptance" is common to both models. Thank you for making that connection. It is a rare that we hear of places that practice radical acceptance of those with mental illnesses whether they are considered minor or major. The issue is not one of payment but of the way people find their way back to normalcy through a different model that is not pathologized.
It is a shame that most readers missed that point.
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I am so happy to have found this story. It is one of Hope at a time when it is in short supply. What a needless comment about the Canadian healthcare system. One only needs to look at California's homeless crisis to know that good mental healthcare belongs only to those privileged with money or insurance. So many are left behind.
Lt, I don't understand how you can possibly defend the Canadian system of mental health. To compare it to what is happening in the U. Our system is far from just and very inaccessible to many in need. Seen as victims of a cruel disease, our "other-minded" friends await our attentive love and support. How little we know about the mysteries of the mind. I used to work with a young woman from Geel, Belgium.