Franco Basaglia's Revolution: From the Blue Horse to the Actuality of His Practice

Guareschi, Carlo; Bizzari, Valeria

This book explores the importance of the work of Franco Basaglia, a pioneer in the democratic psychiatry movement. Using a multidisciplinary approach combining philosophy and psychology this volume seeks to illuminate the past and create a clearer picture of Basaglia's impact in conceptualizing modern psychiatric care. It reviews the contemporary status of care and offers new insights for a critical evaluation of care that takes the psychiatric revolution to a new level.

• Highlights Basaglia’s diagnostic and clinical practice
• Employs a multi-disciplinary approach
• Joins phenomenology and critical theory

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2025-02-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783031789113

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-78912-0

Dimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm

Pages: 176.0