Man Who Closed the Asylums: Franco Basaglia and the Revolution in Mental Health Care

In 1961, Franco Basaglia arrived at the Gorizia asylum in Italy, a place of horror and exclusion for the mentally sick and excluded. The asylum was a concentration camp, with patients restrained for long periods and therapy mainly involving electric and insulin shocks. Basaglia, the new Director, was expected to practice oppression skills but was not expected to. He aimed to close the asylum by opening it up from the inside, bringing freedom and democracy to patients, nurses, and psychiatrists.

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