Behind the walls of a mental hospital

By Thom Patterson, CNN

August 18, 2015

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/health/cnnphotos-lahore-pakistan-mental-hospital/index.html

Alan: These Pakistan photos recall my work with Pastoral de Amor, a home for developmentally disabled children (and young adults) in Merida, Yucatan, where a small group of dedicated nuns do extraordinary work. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pastoral-del-Amor/138384652890767

Pastoral de Amor was founded (in 1983) by Maryknoll priest, Fr. Denis O'Brien, who was concerned that developmentally delayed young people had nowhere to go when they "aged out" of government-funded social services.

Here is Pastoral de Amor's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pastoral-del-Amor/138384652890767?sk=info&tab=overview

During my 1968-'69 "year abroad" in Cali, Colombia, I had an "insight" (delusion?) that a human being's last incarnation prior to enlightenment was in the body of an "idiot."