Stories from Italian Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals

This book offers reflections on emerging issues in psychiatry today, told through the lens ofinterviewsconducted with patients ofthe former ForensicPsychiatric Hospitals in Italy. Using narrativization, this book brings together clinical cases told in the first person which have allowed the author to develop insights into these issues. The author considers the patient/offender who poses a series of questions about mental illness itself, its origins, the factors related to its onset, such as substances, differential diagnosis, treatment paths (both pharmacological and rehabilitative) and the cultural factors that may influence the outcomes, providing invaluable insights forclinicians,researchers and students ofPsychiatryand Psychology in international settings.