2024/02/09 by Valentina Badano
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · Psychology · #Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices #Mental Health and Psychiatry #Psychiatry, Mental Health, Neuroscience
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openalex publication_date 2024/02/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Law no. 180 of 1978, which led to the closure of psychiatric hospitals in Italy, has often been erroneously associated with one man, Franco Basaglia, but the reality is much more complex. Not only were countless people involved in the movement that led to the approval of this law, but we should also take into account the historical, social, and political factors that came into play. The 1970s in Italy were a time of change and political ferment which made this psychiatric revolution possible there and nowhere else in the world.