Kaleidoscope of Psychiatric Reform in Catalonia
On June 1 and 2, 2018, the "Kaleidoscope of Psychiatric Reform in Catalonia" conference was held at the headquarters of the Nou Barris district.
The day organized by the’Historical Archive of Roquetes-Nou Barris, the Memorial of the Mind I love Catalan Congress of Mental Health Foundation It was proposed with the conviction that enough time has passed to approach a rich, and at times traumatic for some, reality that transformed the conception of mental illness, as well as its treatments, generating from within and outside psychiatric hospitals the foundations of new community psychiatry. With this idea, we created something like a kaleidoscope, from the trencadís of different perspectives: people with mental disorders, professionals, families, community, administration... to reconstruct that part of the history of psychiatry that has been so important.
The main objectives of the day were: To recover the history from its protagonists, to recognize the efforts and energy generated, to acknowledge the successes and failures in order to process this stage, to gather its evolution, both in terms of concept and service development, and to show mental health from its roots, which many are unaware of.
Images from the day
Debate tables
A look at different associations, administrations, and hospitals and their advocacy and support actions for interns.
A look at proposals for community-based care services that share the conviction that mental suffering can be addressed within the community itself.
Think tanks
Are we avoiding a fragmented view of care? Did we aspire to accompany long-term conflicts. Have we achieved this?
Com es de freqüent entre els professionals el «a mi no em toca»? Hi ha descoordinació entre els equips? S’ha estancat el Pla Integral a Catalunya?
Documentation related to the Conference
Consult the following documents related to the workday:
Barcelona Psychiatric Assistance Plan (1981)
Community Rehabilitation in SM (2003)
Psychiatrists, the Insane, and Mental Health in Transition (2007)
The Purgatory of Dr. Torras: Reform and Reaction in 20th Century Catalan Psychiatry (2005)
Informe «Critica situación del Instituto Mental de la Santa Cruz de Barcelona» (1972)
Study of the care transformation for psychiatric patients (1978)
Generalitat / Diputació General Agreement: Assumption of psychiatry agreements (1990).
The Mental Institute Conflict (1972)
Assembly Agreement Mental Institute (1972)
Letter received from the Trieste Psychiatric Hospital (1972)
The event was held with the collaboration of:
With the support of:
