The Colony of Gheel *Paper read at Specialist Meeting organized during International Congress on Mental Health by Association of Mental Health Workers.

Gheel, the town of lunatics To the outsider Gheel is the town of lunatics. Here they go about freely, they can roam as they please, without any interference on the part of the public. The people of Gheel have a happy way of dealing with them and nobody objects to their presence. In fact they live and dwell with the families of Gheel, who take charge of them, as they give them board and lodging. This popular picture of the Colony is essentially true, although it needs to be completed. Since motoring and sightseeing have become an asset of modern life, it is no exceptional event, especially in the summer, to see touring cars stopping on the Market Place. Large groups of visitors can be watched, pouring out of them. Of course they