Basaglia’s legacy, an open reflection on the future of mental health

An open and sincere reflection on what remains today, after thirty years of corporate public services, of the spirit and practices that led to the Italian psychiatric reform in the 1970s. But also a deep analysis of what remains and what has been lost instead, even in the richest regions, including Friuli Venezia Giulia, of heritage Franco Basagliaof that perspective which aims to promote community mental health and a culture of welcoming people. We’ll talk about it on Saturday October 12 starting at 9 during the meeting “The legacy of Franco Basaglia and the future of mental health”, registered for Udain in Sala Gusmani at Palazzo Antonini, enter via Gemona 5.

Organized by Icles – Institute for social bonds clinic, Cooperativa sociale Itaca and Consorzio Cosm, in collaboration with Flai – Lacanian Forum in Italy and the magazine L’Ippogrifo, the meeting will start with the admission of the -free but with a reservation​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

“Despite the good intentions post Covid, – says Francesco Stoppa – consumers and families have found that they have to deal with the reduction of resources and funding, while operators pay the daily price of bureaucracy and standardization of practices that put their professionalism and motivation to the test. The day will seek to explore critical issues and strengths – he continues -, opening a multi-voiced debate on the three cornerstones of mental health work. First, the issue of service management and practice management, an issue closely linked to operator training and communication with service users’ families“. What, fundamentally, should a sensible leadership, aware of changes in society and current discomfort, aim for today? Mario Colucci, psychiatrist from DSM Trieste, Maria Inglese, psychiatrist from DSM Parma, and Domenico Ferrara, psychiatrist from DSM Udine.

The focus is on public services and social cooperation

“The second focus takes into account the current feeling of partnership between public services and social cooperation: it still makes sense to talk about partnership – confirms Stoppa -, Or is it the current logic of delegating definitive, simple and mechanical tasks with the contracting services known as the Third Department?“. The round table “Community work and the integration of public services and social cooperation” will see the intervention of Michela Vogrig, president of Legacoop Fvg and Consorzio Cosm, Marco Bertoli, director of DSM Udine – AsuFC, Chiara Dazzan, advisor of the group. Municipality of Udine, and Manuela Landini, psychologist of the Social Cooperation Insieme si posto. Journalist Anna Piuzzi is a model.

Finally, it is more important than ever to discuss on a cultural and at the same time a functional level, to determine what it might mean today, beyond the celebrations of conventional, being faithful to the founding spirit, or rather innovative, in Basaglia’s opinion and ideas. Law 180/1978″. “With awareness – concludes Francesco Stoppa – that today’s segregation does not follow, as in the past, the logic of imprisonment and social exclusion, but It focuses on the general carelessness of citizens, reduced to consumers, and at the breakdown of the social bond day, at the round table moderated by Roberto Palladino, journalist of Sky Tg 24, with speakers from Marica Setaro, researcher, Mario Novello, psychologist and former director of DSM Udine, Gian Luigi Bettoli, historian and former president of Legacoopsociali Fvg, Moreno Blascovich, trainer.

At the end, conclusions and relaunch by Jessica Marino, psychologist from DSM Udine, and Annalisa Bucciol, psychologist from Serd of Mestre. Information and registration: Domenico Ferrara dome.ferrara@alice.it