No One Is in the Forest. Stories About People, Buildings and Psychiatry — Khrystyna Shalak

This is a book-walk through the territory of Lviv’s "Kulparkiv" that breaks down the wall between the "normal" and the "insane". Why it is worth reading: People, not diagnoses: You will see the living stories of patients, their dreams and pain, not just medical records. Atmosphere: The author masterfully describes the old Austrian architecture of the hospital, where the walls remember more than people. Honesty: This is a report on a system trying to become humane, and on the limits of our own vulnerability. In short: it is a deep, sometimes sad, but very luminous story about the fact that behind every psychiatric fence there is a person who wants to be heard.