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Protection of Prisoners with Mental Health Disorders in Italy: Lights and Shadows after the Abolition of Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals

In Italy, a person suffering from a mental disorder who commits a crime will be given a custodial security order and serve the period of admission at a Residenza per la esecuzione delle misure di sicurezza (REMS) (Residence for the Execution of Security Measures, hereinafter “REMS”). These instituti...

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Autores principales: Di Mizio, Giulio, Bolcato, Matteo, Rivellini, Gianfranco, Di Nunzio, Michele, Falvo, Valentina, Nuti, Marco, Enrichens, Francesco, Lucania, Luciano, Di Nunno, Nunzio, Clerici, Massimo
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011618
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169984
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author Di Mizio, Giulio
Bolcato, Matteo
Rivellini, Gianfranco
Di Nunzio, Michele
Falvo, Valentina
Nuti, Marco
Enrichens, Francesco
Lucania, Luciano
Di Nunno, Nunzio
Clerici, Massimo
author_facet Di Mizio, Giulio
Bolcato, Matteo
Rivellini, Gianfranco
Di Nunzio, Michele
Falvo, Valentina
Nuti, Marco
Enrichens, Francesco
Lucania, Luciano
Di Nunno, Nunzio
Clerici, Massimo
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description In Italy, a person suffering from a mental disorder who commits a crime will be given a custodial security order and serve the period of admission at a Residenza per la esecuzione delle misure di sicurezza (REMS) (Residence for the Execution of Security Measures, hereinafter “REMS”). These institutions have been established recently and though equipped with the necessary safety measures, the focus is on psychiatric therapy. Despite being present on a national scale, access is very limited in terms of capacity. Immediate remedial measures are needed, so much so that the European Court of Human Rights recently condemned Italy for this very reason. This article, through a review of the constitutive principles of these institutions, shows how they have very positive aspects such as the attention to necessary psychotherapy in order to protect the right to health and the real taking charge of the fragility of the subjects; however, it is seen how there are many negative aspects linked above all to the scarce availability of places in these structures. The article provides suggestions on a more comprehensive strategy for facilities for detainees with mental disorders.
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spelling pubmed-94082782022-08-26 Protection of Prisoners with Mental Health Disorders in Italy: Lights and Shadows after the Abolition of Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals Di Mizio, Giulio Bolcato, Matteo Rivellini, Gianfranco Di Nunzio, Michele Falvo, Valentina Nuti, Marco Enrichens, Francesco Lucania, Luciano Di Nunno, Nunzio Clerici, Massimo Int J Environ Res Public Health Commentary In Italy, a person suffering from a mental disorder who commits a crime will be given a custodial security order and serve the period of admission at a Residenza per la esecuzione delle misure di sicurezza (REMS) (Residence for the Execution of Security Measures, hereinafter “REMS”). These institutions have been established recently and though equipped with the necessary safety measures, the focus is on psychiatric therapy. Despite being present on a national scale, access is very limited in terms of capacity. Immediate remedial measures are needed, so much so that the European Court of Human Rights recently condemned Italy for this very reason. This article, through a review of the constitutive principles of these institutions, shows how they have very positive aspects such as the attention to necessary psychotherapy in order to protect the right to health and the real taking charge of the fragility of the subjects; however, it is seen how there are many negative aspects linked above all to the scarce availability of places in these structures. The article provides suggestions on a more comprehensive strategy for facilities for detainees with mental disorders. MDPI 2022-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9408278/ /pubmed/36011618 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169984 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Commentary
Di Mizio, Giulio
Bolcato, Matteo
Rivellini, Gianfranco
Di Nunzio, Michele
Falvo, Valentina
Nuti, Marco
Enrichens, Francesco
Lucania, Luciano
Di Nunno, Nunzio
Clerici, Massimo
Protection of Prisoners with Mental Health Disorders in Italy: Lights and Shadows after the Abolition of Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals
title Protection of Prisoners with Mental Health Disorders in Italy: Lights and Shadows after the Abolition of Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals
title_full Protection of Prisoners with Mental Health Disorders in Italy: Lights and Shadows after the Abolition of Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals
title_fullStr Protection of Prisoners with Mental Health Disorders in Italy: Lights and Shadows after the Abolition of Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals
title_full_unstemmed Protection of Prisoners with Mental Health Disorders in Italy: Lights and Shadows after the Abolition of Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals
title_short Protection of Prisoners with Mental Health Disorders in Italy: Lights and Shadows after the Abolition of Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals
title_sort protection of prisoners with mental health disorders in italy: lights and shadows after the abolition of judicial psychiatric hospitals
topic Commentary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011618
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169984
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