Italian psychiatry today
Journal title PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE
Author/s Eugenio Borgna
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2022/4
Language Italian Pages 6 P. 565-570 File size 260 KB
DOI 10.3280/PU2022-004003
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Some problems and critical aspects of the state of Italian psychiatry are reviewed today, forty-five years after the Law no. 180/1978 on psychiatry reform. This Law was inspired by the teachings of Franco Basaglia (1924-1980), and inaugurated a new season characterized by the progressive closing of mental hospitals and the beginning of community psychiatry. There are still problematic aspects, for example many mental health professionals are attracted towards a psychiatry that mainly emphasizes the use of medication and the biological aspects of mental suffering. However, the psychiatry reform of 1978, thanks to the deinstitutionalization process and the implementation of community psychiatry, has the possibility to facilitate therapeutic relationships chracterized by listening and dialogue, that may lead to respect the dignity of the patient’s suffering and to see the use of medication within a psychotherapeutic and sociotherapeutic context. The paragraphs with which this article is divided are the following: "The premises", "The shadows", "The half-lights", "Psychic suffering in its dignity", "Some thoughts of Basaglia", "What is missing today", "The importance of words", "The pandemic", "Some conclusions".
Keywords: Franco Basaglia; Italian Law no. 180/1978 of psychiatry reform; Mental health servicies; Community psychiatry; Importance of listening the psychological suffering
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Eugenio Borgna, La psichiatria italiana, oggi in "PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE" 4/2022, pp 565-570, DOI: 10.3280/PU2022-004003