Armenia
‘I lived in hell’: life in a psychiatric hospital in Armenia
A recent report by the Human Rights Defender of Armenia suggested that instead of receiving the help they need, patients with psychiatric illnesses were often met with poor conditions and human rights violations in Armenia’s psychiatric institutions. ‘I lived in hell for one year. True, they didn’t beat me, they didn’t commit physical violence against me, but my soul was always in pain; I was psychologically tortured.’ Gayane (not her real name) spent a year as a patient in one of Armenia
