Franco Basaglia
Franco Basaglia | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 March 1924 |
| Died | 29 August 1980 (aged 56) San Polo, Venice, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Padua |
| Known for | Creating Democratic Psychiatry and Basaglia Law, initiating Italian psychiatric reform |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry |
| Institutions | University of Padua, University of Parma, mental hospitals in Padua, Gorizia, Parma, Trieste, Arezzo, mental service in Lazio |
Franco Basaglia (Italian: [ˈfraŋko baˈzaʎʎa]; 11 March 1924 – 29 August 1980) was an Italian psychiatrist, neurologist, professor, and disability advocate who proposed the dismantling of psychiatric hospitals, pioneer of the modern concept of mental health, Italian psychiatry reformer, figurehead and founder of Democratic Psychiatry, architect, and principal proponent of Law 180, which abolished mental hospitals in Italy. He is considered to be the most influential Italian psychiatrist of the 20th century.