Peppe Dell'Acqua

Peppe was born in 1947, psychiatrist, he was lucky enough to start working with Franco Basaglia from the early days of Trieste. He took part in changing and closing down Psychiatric Hospital. He still lives in Trieste, where he directed for 18 years the Mental Health Department.

Since 1995 he teaches Social Psychiatry at the Psychological Department of Trieste University.

In 1988, he published with Roberto Mezzina "Il folle gesto" (Insane deed) which re-flects the issues of psychiatric expertness, supporting program in the prisons and fo-rensic hospital. The text anticipates more than twenty years the urgency to over-come forensic hospitals.

He carried out scientific and organizative advices in various italian locations, in Eu-rope, Japan and Americas. He took part in conferences, seminars and technical in-spections.

In 2019, with Massimo Cirri - famous radio host - he wrote and interpreted the play “Tra Parentesi. La vera storia di un’impensabile liberazione”, “Between brackets. The true story of an unbelievable liberation”, a theatrical storytelling on Franco Basaglia's revolution, also published for Collana180. Over 5000 have been the per-formances throughout Italy.

He loves to tell stories to his grand-daughter Sara.


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