A psicologia fenomenológico-existencial como elemento da psiquiatria democrática de Franco Basaglia

Abstract

The present work is a bibliographical research that investigates if there are phenomenological and existential elements in the psychiatric reform proposed by the psychiatrist Franco Basaglia, who contributed, with his discussions and practices, to the changes undertaken in the mental health care system in Italy and Brazil. In order to do so, we present Basaglia´s ideas and proposals for the field of mental health, briefly presenting a biography; describing the foundations of the phenomenological-existential approach to psychology, represented by Ludwig Binwanger's Daseinsanalysis; presenting authors and influential works in Basaglia's work; finally, verifying what connections and convergences are possible between some of the theoretical influences in his work and the Binswangerian perspective. Thus, it aims at contributing to explaining such convergences of foundations, indicating a coherent orientation of ideas in practice in the field of mental health of the Brazilian Unified Health System, and inviting an expansion of the theoretical references present in this field compatible with the ideas that have driven Franco Basaglia's work.