Imuziyam
Het Dolhuys
bayi 50 abantu basekuhlaleni abayincomayo,
Indawo
2 Schotersingel
Haarlem, NH
Amacebiso asuka kubantu basekuhlaleni
Psychiatry is a lively topic. One in four Dutch people are affected by a mental problem. This does not mean we are any crazier than the rest of the world. We all know someone affected by depression, burnout or Alzheimer’s. Thanks to mental health care taking up a more prominent position in society, people with psychiatric problems have become a more noticeable presence in everyday life. Yet still not enough is known about psychiatry and people with psychiatric problems often face prejudice. We would like to encourage our visitors to think about the boundary between crazy and normal and question the representations of ‘madness’.
Psychiatry is a lively topic. One in four Dutch people are affected by a mental problem. This does not mean we are any crazier than the rest of the world. We all know someone affected by depression, burnout or Alzheimer’s. Thanks to mental health care taking up a more prominent position in society,…
This museum shows an experience. Het Dolhuys wants to show that the boundary between normal and crazy can be extremely thin. This museum shows how madness was handled over the centuries.