Project title
Radio La Colifata
Description of initiative
La Colifata is an non-governmental organization that develops activities in the area of investigation and that offers mental health services utilizing the media to create “spaces of health”. The radio is commonly known as LT 22 Radio ¨La Colifata¨, the radio of the current and former internal patients of the Borda Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the first radio in the world to air from within a psychiatric hospital. The mentally ill patients broadcast through a radio station around the world from an Argentine mental asylum.
Themes: Culture and...
Individual well-being
Community well-being
Mental health
Physical health
Keywords
radio, music, talks, mental health, patients
Target group
Not targeted to a specific group
Cultural field
Multimedia, new media, digital | Music | Other
Timeframe
2007
- present
Sources of funding
La Colifata
Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt
People listened to the radio and the people from the hospital felt better.
Organizer(s)
La Colifata, Salud Mental y Comunicación
Argentina
NGO / Non-profit
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Health