Abstract
The Italian Reform Act (Law 180) has been considered one of the most revolutionary Mental Health Acts in Western countries and has been the subject of considerable attention since its promulgation in May 1978. Interest in the Italian model of community psychiatry has been reflected in the number of articles, special supplements and letters, published in noteworthy European and American journals. However, for a better understanding of the meaning of Law 180 (now part of Law 833 concerning general health measures) the political and sociocultural climate surrounding the enactment of the Italian Mental Health Act should be considered.
Highlights
ROYALCOLLEGEOF PSYCHIATRIS(T1S990) Statement on approval of training schemes for general professional training for the MRCPsych
From the early 1970s, Professor Franco Basaglia, medical director at Gorizia and Trieste mental hospitals in the north-eastern part of Italy, developed an innovative model of community psychiatry which was supported by left-wing political parties, student organisations and the general public in the context of the battle for civil rights
At the time of the census, there were 1399 psychiatric services, 48% of which were composed by district services, 21% by intermediate, residential and semiresidential premises, 17% by psychiatric units within the general hospital, and 14% by pre-reform traditional psychiatric services such as mental hospitals and university departments of psychiatry
Summary
ROYALCOLLEGEOF PSYCHIATRIS(T1S990) Statement on approval of training schemes for general professional training for the MRCPsych.
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