{"product_id":"153860655_product","title":"John Foot - Man Who Closed the Asylums : Franco Basaglia and the Revol","description":"New Store Stock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout this Item\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe item is a book Paperback\u003cbr\u003eThe Author Name is John Foot\u003cbr\u003eThe Title is The Man Who Closed the Asylums : Franco Basaglia and the Revolution in Mental Health Care\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition New\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther Comments\u003cbr\u003eNew Store Stock\u003cbr\u003eCategory - Political Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduct Description -\u003cbr\u003eIn 1961, when Franco Basaglia arrived outside the grim walls of the  Gorizia asylum, on the Italian border with Yugoslavia, it was a place of  horror, a Bedlam for the mentally sick and excluded, redolent of  Basaglia's own wartime experience inside a fascist gaol. Patients were  frequently restrained for long periods, and therapy was largely a matter  of electric and insulin shocks. The corridors stank, and for many of  the interned the doors were locked for life.\r\n\r\n This was a concentration  camp, not a hospital.   Basaglia, the new Director, was expected to  practise all the skills of oppression in which he had been schooled,  but he would have none of this. The place had to be closed down by  opening it up from the inside, bringing freedom and democracy to the  patients, the nurses and the psychiatrists working in that 'total  institution'.\r\n\r\n   Inspired by the writings of authors such as Primo  Levi, R. D. Laing, Erving Goffman, Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon, and  the practices of experimental therapeutic communities in the UK,  Basaglia's seminal work as a psychiatrist and campaigner in Gorizia,  Parma and Trieste fed into and substantially contributed to the national  and international movement of 1968.\r\n\r\n In 1978 a law was passed (the  'Basaglia law') which sanctioned the closure of the entire Italian  asylum system.   The first comprehensive study of this revolutionary approach to mental health care, The Man Who Closed the Asylums  is a gripping account of one of the most influential movements in  twentiethcentury psychiatry, which helped to transform the way we see  mental illness. Basaglia's work saved countless people from a miserable  existence, and his legacy persists, as an object lesson in the struggle  against the brutality and ignorance that the establishment peddles to  the public as common sense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBooks are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions.  The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGift Ideas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is a great gift idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHours of Service\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eLocation ID 245z\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eiHaveit SKU ID 1351470851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title \/ Multicolor \/ unisex","offer_id":45355766579444,"sku":"1351470851","price":18.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/ihaveitmarketplace.com\/products\/153860655_product","provider":"iHaveit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}