大象传媒

Each year, mental health practitioners from around the world visit Trieste in Italy to see what they can learn from the city鈥檚 approach to mental illness.

In 1978, Trieste led a 鈥榬evolution鈥� in Italian mental health care by closing its asylums and ending the restraint of patients. Today the city is designated as a 鈥榗ollaboration centre鈥� by the World Health Organization in recognition of its pioneering work.

Reporter Ammar Ebrahim visits Trieste to see how the system works - from the informal community centres where people can drop in and stay as long as they need, to the businesses that offer career opportunities for those who have been through the system.

We hear about the city鈥檚 policy of 鈥榥o locked doors鈥�, and ask how Trieste deals with patients other societies may deem 鈥榙angerous鈥�.

Presenter: Tom Colls
Producer: Sam Judah

(Photo Caption: 鈥淔reedom is therapeutic鈥� written on a wall in Trieste / Photo Credit: 大象传媒)