Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Mental Illness in Cohousing & Society

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

on 10/6/2002 3:47 AM, Tree Bressen at tree [at] ic.org wrote:

> Having lived in 3 different communities and visited over 70, my impression
> is that community living does not attract a higher than usual percentage of
> people with mental health problems, but that mental health problems are
> more common in society than many people realize, and that sometimes the
> intensity of community living brings out problems that were previously latent.

Another aspect of this is that when you live in communities were you know
people more intimately and over time, you are more aware of problems than
you would be otherwise.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org


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