A spectre for some, a Mecca for others: The impact of Basaglia in the Netherlands

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    Abstract

    This chapter analyzes the impact of Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia's movement for Democratic Psychiatry in the Netherlands, in the context of the deinstitutionalization of Dutch mental health care in the 1970s and 1980s.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationBasaglia's international legacy
    Subtitle of host publicationFrom asylum to community
    EditorsTom Burns, John Foot
    Place of PublicationOxford
    PublisherOxford University Press
    Chapter16
    Pages257-274
    Number of pages18
    ISBN (Print)978-0-19-884101-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 28 May 2020

    Keywords

    • history of psychiatry
    • Deinstitutionalization
    • NETHERLANDS
    • Democratic psychiatry

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