Pina Ridente

Pina Ridente is a psychiatrist who has had over 40 years of experience in the Trieste MHD, with specific expertise in deinstitutionalisation, psychosocial rehabilitation, supported housing and personal budgeting, women's mental health, co-production.

In her career, she has contributed, as an expert consultant of WHO, to several projects of deinstitutionalisation of psychiatric hospitals and start-up of community services, collaborating, within the framework of the support that WHO has provided to different governments, with: "Thessaloniki Psychiatric Hospital"; "Santo Domingo Psychiatric Hospital"; "Bolu Psychiatric Hospital" in Turkey; "Elazig Psychiatric Hospital" in Turkey; and "Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital" in Palestine.

Currently retired from her position as Director of a CMHC of the Trieste MHD, she collaborates as a private expert consultant in international cooperation projects for the dissemination of good practices of deinstitutionalisation and organisation of community services.