Some of the more misguided critics of Bedlam Asylum have dared to suggest that none of our patients are ever cured or able to return to normal lives outside our walls. This is, of course, uninformed balderdash of the worst kind. Here are some case histories which will surely silence our detractors:

Trevor's business went bust - he suffered a complete mental collapse; his family thought he'd spend the rest of his life as a hopeless basket case. Then a friend suggested sending him to Bedlam. Trevor was retrained to take on a job within his capacities.

Being a doormat at a lesbian bar is an exciting and challenging career which gets him out of the house and often allows him to look up old friends.

Richard wanted to be a poet - alas, his complete lack of talent or originality and embarassing inability to spell and punctuate didn't deter him from that lofty ambition. He created websites to showcase his putrid poems. When several people injured themselves laughing really hard at the unintentionally hilarious crap he wrote, Richard was declared a danger to the public and sent to Bedlam.

We put him to work in the nurses' lounge at the Asylum and transformed this once anti-social poseur into the kind of popular fellow who can proudly say "The drinks are on me!" as his new friends gather around him.

Little Tommy Pagliachi was sent to Bedlam after he killed his entire family with a hatchet and sexually assalted a nun at knifepoint - but, like Father Flanagan, Dr Renfield knows that there is no such thing as a bad boy, so he put Tommy to work in the Bedlam Supermarket and allowed him to work off his youthful energy by servicing the housewives and old maids who shop there. He's been voted 'Most Useful Employee' for 9 months in a row!     



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