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 He is the Head Director of the Publich Mental Health Department in Caltagirone, Catania. He is a psychiatrist, psycotherapist and group –analyst. He holds the position of Vicepresident of the COIRAG psychological school.
Raffaele is honorary president of AIRSAM and former Secretary of Italian Group Analysis Laboratory. He is supervisor of Democratic Therapeutical Communities and Public Mental Health. He was Counselor for the Ministry of Health and for the Sicily’s regional government.
He helds the position of President of the Industrial and Social Development Agency for 10 years. Raffaele is also the author and editor of a number of mental health publications. He co-authored “Group Analysis and Therapeutical Communities”, “ Social Inclusion and Work in Mental Halth”, “Community Psychoteraphy”.
He helped to define the laws and started work inclusion projects. has supported the development of experienced users. He started the first apartment groups, social cooperatives and social farms in Sicily.
He was one of the protagonists of the closure of civil and judicial psychiatric hospitals.
Articles by the author
Dialogue, conflict, Green care.
Florence (and online) Tuesday 11 October INDTC organizes a conference on how to practice democracy in therapeutic communities and in society.
How to practice democracy in non-democratic places and systems
Virtual Event This event follows the “International Meeting of Babel: The Democratic Therapeutic Community in the World, today”. On that occasion, the dialogues between participants from different corners/parts of the world led to discover a theme of common...
4th International Mental Health Meeting – From Symptoms to Stories | Lisbon 2021
The Fourth International Mental Health Meeting of RomĂŁo de Sousa Foundation on the 5th and 6th of November 2021 in Lisbon (Portugal).
List of publications
Il quotidiano nella residenzialitĂ psichiatrica, Catania, CUEMC, 1994, p. 100
Il volo dell’airone, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2000, p. 191
Residenze per la salute mentale. Nuove politiche in psichiatria, Matera, Progetto Popolare Atti Congresso Airsam, 1996, p. 79
I percorsi per l’inclusione sociale. Dalla progettazione alla realizzazione, Caltagirone, Accademia della Piazza, 2001, p. 178
Cantieri Aperti: societĂ locale e salute mentale, Caltagirone, Accademia della Piazza, 2002, p. 92
Salute Mentale e sviluppo di comunitĂ , Catania, CUECM, 2004, p. 31
Sviluppo locale partecipato e sostenibile: Territorio, interazioni e reti sociali, Padova, Cleup, 2006, p. 326
Gruppoanalisi e comunitĂ terapeutica. Uno strumento di lavoro basato su supervisione, valutazione e ricerca, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2010, p. 208
Psicoterapia di comunitĂ . Clinica della partecipazione e politiche di salute mentale, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2010, p. 320
L’inclusione sociale e lavorativa in salute mentale, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2013, p.335
Azioni e risultati di sistema del Progetto Obiettivo: TIPS-Servizio Comunitario IPS-SE per l’inclusione socio-lavorativa dei pazienti con grave patologia mentale, ASP Catania, ASP Siracusa, Ediemme, 2014, p. 81
Gruppoanalisi e sostegno all’Abitare, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2014, p. 256
Valutazione dei gruppi comunitari in salute mentale, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2014, p. 220