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Implementing Psychiatric Reform in Southern Italy: the Case of Campania

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  • Mario Maj

    (Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, First Medical School, University of Naples, Piazza Miraglia 2, 1-80138 Naples, Italy)

  • Fabrizio Starace

    (Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, First Medical School, University of Naples, Italy)

  • Dargut Kemali

    (Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, First Medical School, University of Naples, Italy)

Abstract

The implementation of the 1978 psychiatric reform in Campania, the most populated region of Southern Italy, is surveyed, by referring to currently available empirical data. Emphasis is laid on the incomplete development of psychiatric wards within general hospitals and of mental health services, on the lack of residential structures, on the failure to implement comprehensive departments for mental health care, on the increase in the number of admissions to private clinics and on the fact that more than three thousand patients are still in mental hospitals. Moreover, some characteristics of the new services clearly betraying the spirit of the law are pointed out.

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  • Mario Maj & Fabrizio Starace & Dargut Kemali, 1989. "Implementing Psychiatric Reform in Southern Italy: the Case of Campania," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 35(1), pages 46-53, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:35:y:1989:i:1:p:46-53
    DOI: 10.1177/002076408903500105
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    1. Stefano Marino & Lucilla Frattura & Luigi Fabrizio De Luca & Michele De Francesco & Marco Olivieri & Benedetto Saraceno, 1996. "The Provision of Psychiatric Care in Southern Italy. Results From the 'Psychiatry in Southern Italy's Services' (De Pisis) Survey," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 42(3), pages 181-192, September.

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