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Tue 05 May 2004Helping Galway to grow more accustomed to the mentally illOne of Galway's leading gardeners is happy to confirm a transformation in attitudes towards the mentally ill, writes Michelle McDonaghWhen Lorna McMahon became involved in the foundation of the Galway Mental Health Association (GMHA) in the early 1980s, there were no psychiatric facilities in the community. No day centres, hostels or group homes existed - nothing, apart from the psychiatric unit at University College Hospital, Galway (UCHG).