Category
page 1Deinstitutionalisation in Italy
Franco Basaglia
Italian psychiatrist and neurologist (1924-1980)
Giorgio Antonucci
Italian physician (1933–2017)
Basaglia Law
1978 mental health law promulgated in Italy, leading to a large reform of the psychiatric system in Italy, containing directives for the closing down of all psychiatric hospitals, inspired by the work of the psychiatrist Franco Basaglia