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| Sulla responsabilità in psichiatria |
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Titolo Rivista:
PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE |
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Autori/Curatori:
Pietro Pellegrini |
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Anno di pubblicazione:
2008
Fascicolo: 3 |
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N. pagine:
6
Dimensione del file: 89 Kb. |
Presentazione:
On responsibility in Psychiatric practice - A psychiatrist was judged guilty of manslaughter because one of his patients committed homicide (see the contribution by Euro Pozzi A note on responsibility in psychiatric practice, in the section Discussions of Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane, 2008, 52, 2: 219-223). This sentence, that is unprecedented in the history of Italian jurisprudence, can have multiple consequences in Italian psychiatry, since it undermines the assumptions of Italian law no. 180/1978 on Psychiatric Reform. The danger of reintroducing a positivistic and pseudo-scientific psychiatry, based on supposed certainties that are in contrast with the complexities and uncertainties of community psychiatry, is discussed. A series of conflicts and irresolvable contradictions can be generated, and the outcome may be not only a defensive psychiatry and an increase of hospitalizations (without, incidentally, adequate facilities), but also an impossible psychiatry. In this context, a shared handling of risk-taking becomes an important aspect of psychiatric practice. [KEY WORDS: forensic psychiatry, dangerousness, psychiatrist’s responsibility, handling of risk-taking, community psychiatry] |
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