«Out of the Closed Circle» documentary film

The documentary tells about the rehabilitation of people with mental disorders as an alternative to living in psychoneurological boarding schools

In 2021, Psychability created a 15-minute documentary film, «Out of the Closed Circle», аs a part of the program «Ukrainian CSOs for Change: Promoting Human Rights, De-institutionalization, and Social Integration of People with Intellectual and/or Psychosocial Problems». The total amount of project funding was 2,000 Euros. The documentary describes the current state of psychoneurological boarding houses in Kyiv and highlights the attitudes toward them of various parties involved in rehabilitation.

At one time, psychoneurological boarding houses (PBHs) were the solution to the problem: a patient with a severe disorder was guaranteed shelter, food, clothing, and care. However, over the past 30 years, an extensive outpatient network of psychosocial rehabilitation has become an alternative to PBHs in the world.

The documentary is by no means a call to close all PBHs. However, it contains the views of the clients, their relatives, and specialists on the client's needs.

In this documentary, we tried to shift the focus from «supervision and care for the disabled» to «helping people live with dignity». After reviewing it, one can ask a simple question: «If this suddenly affected me, what would I choose?»

You can watch the «Out of the Closed Circle» documentary film here:

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