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The Italian Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Silvio Benaim
Silvio Benaim*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Royal Free Hospital
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In the beginning of the 19th century Italy was in the forefront of psychiatric reform. The question as to whether it was Chiarugi (1759–1820) or Pinel (1745–1826) who was the first to unchain patients in mental hospitals has remained unanswered. With the death of Chiarugi, however, the age of enlightenment, which he had heralded, faded and conditions in Italian hospitals reverted to their former state.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 1983 , pp. 7 - 10
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