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November 5, 2019

Institutional Sharada

When Erving Goffman wrote, in his milestone book ‘Asylums” that mental institutions too have a dark underbelly, he probably didn’t foresee it being prevalent even after 60 years. Pramit was living in Behrampore Mental Hospital for the last 5 years. Recently, Anjali was able to facilitate his reintegration. During this time, Pramit was vehemently opposed …

When Erving Goffman wrote, in his milestone book ‘Asylums” that mental institutions too have a dark underbelly, he probably didn’t foresee it being prevalent even after 60 years. Pramit was living in Behrampore Mental Hospital for the last 5 years. Recently, Anjali was able to facilitate his reintegration. During this time, Pramit was vehemently opposed …

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September 11, 2019

Baby

Baby was living in a mental hospital. Baby had speech problems. You might ask, how was her speech problem being treated? It was not. Why, you ask? Because mental illness overpowers everything else, and that person is reduced to being just a mental illness. Because hospital caregivers did not think it important to address her …

Baby was living in a mental hospital. Baby had speech problems. You might ask, how was her speech problem being treated? It was not. Why, you ask? Because mental illness overpowers everything else, and that person is reduced to being just a mental illness. Because hospital caregivers did not think it important to address her …