The Plight of the Mentally ill in Bulgaria

Keywords: Eastern Europe, Bulgaria, English, mental health, socially disadvantaged people, media content, print

The shelter for mentally disturbed people in the Bulgarian village of Podgumer is among the best such institutions in the country, but only because all the others are much worse. “I came here 16 years ago. Until then I knew the inside of concentration camps only from the movies, but now

I know from personal experience what they are truly all about,” says director Georgi Lulcev describing the institution……
Nikolaj Petrov – BETA – MDI

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