“What’s the Point!? (of Psychiatry)?”

From Mad in Denmark: A story and personal reflection by Stefan Holm: Thomas hurries to drink his cup of lukewarm coffee, after which he speeds out the door, slams it, and runs down the stairs, since he has to catch his bus. On this day, July 28th, Thomas has an errand in town. He’s going to have coffee with a female friend. A story about an incident. Thomas has taken out the trash. He does this a couple of times a day. Whistling, he walks along Hospitalsvej, where there’s a residential facility for community psychiatric care, but suddenly he hears a man shout: “I’ll kill you. Get lost!”

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