Bianca in the neighborhood: moving beyond the ‘reach paradigm’ in public mental health

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Table 1. Storylines of Fabienne and Harie.

Fabienne

Fabienne is a single mother who has a shopping problem. She spends more money than she has, and neglects her son Sven who comes to Bianca for help. Bianca tries to talk with Fabienne about this problem and, drawing on her own experiences with smoking, she suggests that it may be an addiction. Fabienne is ‘not amused’ with Bianca’s interference, starts shouting and walks away

Harie

Harie is an elderly man who is irritated by boys kicking a soccer ball against his garage. He angrily storms outside to tell them to stop. The boys think he is exaggerating and challenge him even more. Seeing this conflict, Bianca cooks up a plan to reconcile the generations in the ceremonial opening of a soccer field. Before she succeeds things escalate with Harie calling police, in his excitement at the moment a policeman arrives, Harie has a heart-attack