The book takes the reader into an initiatic journey, beginning with the key personalities of antipsychiatry, what de-institutionalization means and its effects but also a synthetic description of the Italian Reform from 1978 and Tuscany implementation experience. In the last chapter "A new proposal for an Italian Reform" his proposals such as to add to the existent network of community services a group of specialized units for a protracted hospital stay in the most severe cases of acute mental disorders are included in the Senate Act 656, proves once more his continuous involvement but also prestigious professional recognition in the complex field of Mental Health policies.