{"id":461578,"date":"2022-06-12T11:26:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T08:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bees-help-mentally-ill-on-greek-island\/"},"modified":"2022-06-12T11:26:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T08:26:41","slug":"bees-help-mentally-ill-on-greek-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bees-help-mentally-ill-on-greek-island\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bees help mentally ill on Greek island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27d2256a3ee\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27d2256a3ee\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bees-help-mentally-ill-on-greek-island\/#%E2%80%9CBees_help_mentally_ill_on_Greek_island%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Bees help mentally ill on Greek island&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBees_help_mentally_ill_on_Greek_island%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Bees help mentally ill on Greek island&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beehives.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beehives.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/beehives.jpg\" alt=\"beehives\" title=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On a hillside overlooking the azure blue waters of Greece&#8217;s Leros island harbor, a small group of workers in protective gear are busy smoking beehives.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                But these are not ordinary beekeepers. Some of them are patients from the nearby psychiatric hospital, participating in a two-decade project combining therapy with professional fulfillment.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> cooperative in Leros, housed in a former barracks known as the Caserma estate, is the first of its kind in Greece, explains project manager Andreas Georgiou.<\/p>\n<p>The cooperative &#8220;aims to socially and professionally integrate persons with psychosocial problems&#8221;, he tells AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through the program&#8230; they acquire self-respect and self-esteem,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p>On the fields of the estate, patients care for the bees and cultivate their high-quality diet\u2014lavender, oregano and other aromatic herbs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a bee&#8217;s paradise,&#8221; says Georgiou, an occupational therapist and president of the Dodecanese social cooperative (KOISPE), which runs the estate.<\/p>\n<p>In Lepida, to the south of the port, the employees package and label the honey, and dry the herbs in dedicated rooms inside the psychiatric hospital. <\/p>\n<p>The estate produce is then sold in various locations on the island.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love what I do here, it&#8217;s a real relief for the soul,&#8221; says Artemis, a patient in his 60s as he seals honey jars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We try to be as traditional and pure here as possible,&#8221; he adds, briefly switching into salesman mode.<\/p>\n<p>The Leros cooperative employs 13 salaried workers, supervised by specialist beekeepers, in addition to a team of nurses and occupational therapists from the island&#8217;s psychiatric hospital. <\/p>\n<p>Leros is an island with a rich history going back to antiquity, and the site of a major World War II battle that later inspired war epic &#8220;The Guns of Navarone&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Among other islands of the Dodecanese group, it was occupied by Italy for more than 30 years, giving rise to fascist-era rationalist architecture that is unique to the area.<\/p>\n<p>But the island&#8217;s modern image is closely associated with the local mental asylum, which was the scene of a major scandal involving the serious neglect of patients in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;Immense&#8217; therapeutic gain<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Georgiou says it was precisely the shock of the scandal that prompted the reforms which gave rise to the cooperative. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reforms launched more than 20 years ago radically changed the way patients are treated, with a view to de-institutionalizing asylums,&#8221; adds Giannis Loukas, a former director of the Leros psychiatric center.<\/p>\n<p>The therapeutic gain for patients is &#8220;immense&#8221;, he notes. <\/p>\n<p>They can also enjoy the rights of employees instead of working illegally, as was the case for a long time in Leros and elsewhere in Greece, he adds. <\/p>\n<p>While some patients live in the asylum, a large number are allowed to live in flats on the island for better integration into society, Loukas adds. <\/p>\n<p>Georgiou notes that a handful of people have been able to make a full rehabilitation through the cooperative. 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