A few years ago I would have confidently and naievely answered no to that question. Unfortunately recently a few scandals made it to the national news that Dutch mental institutions are not in the state we&#x27;d like to believe they are. As far as I understand the &#x27;average&#x27; mental health patient is treated O.K., but there&#x27;s not enough budget for the really hard cases where one patient basically requires full time supervision. One scandal was that instead of dealing with a patient like this, the staff had just put him in solitary confinement. Another scandal revealed cases of bullying and sexual abuse by staff. The sort you&#x27;d expect in a big organization with humans and awkward power relations, I can&#x27;t say for sure if it&#x27;s any better than those in the US.