# Geel: A Changing Tradition

An overview of therapy for the mentally ill in Geel, Belgium. Past and present practices are shown. The placement of the patients into family homes is discussed as a system of therapy. Questions for possible future practice are raised. Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryExa./ies the past, present and future of Geel, a Flemish town that is the oldest center of home care of the mentally ill in the Western world. Considers the future of Geel as it undergoes industrialization and debates the relative merits of home care and hospitalization. Shows the part the speaker's personality plays in getting ideas across to his audience. The effect speaking practice has on the personality development of the speech student. Shows how a speaker's interest, preparation, sincerity, vitality and confidence bring about successful communication.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1973
- Runtime: 41 min
- By: Berkeley : University of California
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/geelachangingtradition)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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