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Argentine hospital uses radio to treat mental illnesses

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Originally published July 28, 2009.

A hospital in Argentina is using radio to improve life for psychiatric patients. People who suffer from mental illnesses are broadcasting their own programs on FM Desate, while they run the station along with communication specialists and psychologists.

The station managers say radio programs are therapeutic, and they allow patients to express themselves.  Marcos Federman reports from Buenos Aires.