Article ID: CBB616269495

Not just a one-man revolution: The multifaceted anti-asylum watershed in Italy (2019)

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The Italian psychiatric ‘revolution’ is the story of a range of flexible, changing formulas, exposed to many ‘contaminations’. Historical reconstructions have remained anchored to the lure of a founding myth and an eponymous hero. This essay aims to shed light on the multi-faceted concept of the Italian ‘moral management revolution’. We especially focus on: the circumstances which triggered the innovation in its various form; the ‘prototypes’ available in other countries which have been variously recombined in the different local contexts; the ‘special path’ of action strategies which has driven the change towards radical closure of the asylums; and the cause–effect relationship between the above ‘special path’ and several aspects of the current state of deadlock.

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Authors & Contributors
Delille, Emmanuel
Hu, Qing
Fan, Tingwei
Liu, Ming
Aleguas, Shirley A.
Evers, David L.
Concepts
History of medicine, as a discipline
Historiography
Psychiatry
Psychiatric hospitals
Historical method
Mental disorders and diseases
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
18th century
Places
Scotland
Italy
Spain
China
Australia
Illinois (U.S.)
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