Mental Health services of the Brothers of Charity (Part 1)

Mission of the mental health sector

The spirituality of the Brothers of Charity as realized in their care-giving for psychiatric patient is no monopoly of just the religious but a treasure in which all co-workers of this healthcare have a share. Therefore, the Brothers of Charity make great efforts to formulate their spirituality in order to see it lived together with their staff. Within psychiatric healthcare, we have done so recently so that the objectives and the mission of the Congregation in our time have been clearly delineated. This Mission Declaration runs as follows:

Moved by charity for the psychiatric patient,
we, working in the sector of mental healthcare of the Brothers of Charity,
want to deliver optimal services in an expert and inspired way,
in the spirit of our Founder, Peter Joseph Triest.
We care for acute and chronic patients,
indiscriminately of their origin, gender, or belief.
Moreover, we try to find feasible solutions for those who,
because of the inadequacy of the current facilities,
call on our care-giving.
We want to give the best possible care,
in a holistic way, to all patients.
We commit ourselves to making it financially feasible for every patient.
Together with the patients and their milieu,
we strive after the promotion of mental healthcare.
We want to reintegrate them with a lifestyle that suits them best.

We intend to spread this text among all our co-workers and to uphold it as a charter and guide for the future development of our care-giving. This text will also be an evaluation instrument for all our works in order to help reorient them if needed.

Extract from "Ethos" of the Brothers of Charity, 2006