Abstract
This article provides a short introduction to the life and work of Italian radical psychiatrist and mental health reformer Franco Basaglia. A leading figure in the democratic psychiatry movement, Basaglia is little known and often misunderstood in the English-speaking world. This article will seek to address this by highlighting Basaglia's significant role in the struggle for both deinstitutionalisation and the human rights of those incarcerated in Italy's asylums during the 1960s and 1970s.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 235-249 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Critical and Radical Social Work |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2014 |
Keywords
- anti-psychiatry
- deinstitutionalisation
- human rights
- Italy
- Franco Basaglia