Franco Basaglia Scientist

Franco Basaglia (Italian: [ˈfraŋko baˈzaʎʎa]; 11 March 1924 – 29 August 1980) was an Italian psychiatrist and neurologist, professor who proposed the dismantling of psychiatric hospitals, pioneer of the modern concept of mental health, Italian psychiatry reformer, charismatic leader in Italian psychiatry, figurehead and founder of Democratic Psychiatryarchitect, and principal proponent of Law 180 which abolished mental hospitals. He was the most influential Italian psychiatrist of the 20th century.

Personal facts

Birth date	March 11, 1924
Birth place	Italy , San Polo , Venice
Nationality	Italy
Date of death	August 29, 1980
Place of death	Italy , San Polo , Venice
Education	University of Padua
Known for	Psychiatric reform in Italy Basaglia Law Democratic Psychiatry

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Scientist

Field of study	Psychiatry
influenced by	Edmund Husserl Jean-Paul Sartre Maurice Merleau-Ponty Martin Heidegger Michel Foucault Erving Goffman Karl Jaspers Eugène Minkowski Ludwig Binswanger