Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Summary
April 6, 2009: The article discusses the squalid conditions in many Third World psychiatric hospitals, where many patients are treated little better than animals. A large number of photos accompany the article.
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Game and Story Use
- The squalid conditions of such places, together with the often deranged inmates, might qualify as nightmare fuel.
- The PCs might have to rescue someone from such a place.
- Or help an idealistic NPC who is trying to reform the system.
- Or be sectioned themselves … which is pretty unpleasant even in advanced nations.
- In previous centuries, most if not all mental institutions were like this.
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