From Basaglia to Today: Rethinking Care and Reclaiming that Mental Health is Political
A public event exploring how care practices can become tools for social and political transformation, from Franco Basaglia’s legacy to contemporary struggles for mental health and justice.
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Date: 07 November 2025 from 19:00 to 21:00
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Event location: Sala Studio Prometeo, Viale Giambattista Ercolani 33, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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Access Details: Free admission until availability lasts
Programme
Friday, 7 November 2025 – 19:00
Sala Studio Prometeo, Viale Giambattista Ercolani 33, Bologna
Speakers
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Rocco Canosa, psychiatrist and psychotherapist – Old and New Institutions: The Deception of Psychiatry
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Piero Cipriano, psychiatrist and psychotherapist – Presentation of the book “Mental Health is Political”
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Francesca Esposito, community and health psychologist, researcher – Diagnosing Institutions: Health, Care and Violence in Administrative Detention Contexts
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Wael Garnaoui, clinical psychologist, PhD in Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology, Assistant Professor at the University of Sousse – Decolonising the University to Reform Mental Health
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Samah Jabr, psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author, former Head of the Mental Health Unit, Palestinian Ministry of Health
Moderated by
Alia Jasim, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, MA in Medical Anthropology
Translation by
Ester Scoppelliti
Description
A public meeting reflecting on the deep connection between mental health, care and politics, building on Franco Basaglia’s legacy.
The discussion brings together voices from different professional and cultural contexts to explore how psychiatry, psychology and care can become spaces of liberation, justice and collective transformation today.
PARTICIPATION
📍 Free entry, subject to room capacity
🗣️ Event in English with Italian translation
