Massacre of Ardea, mental illness alarm. "It is difficult to intervene" - breaking latest news

Andrea Pignani, 34, took his own life after the massacre. On social media he used the name Hyde

Ardea’s suicide killer was a ghost (armed though). Also for mental health services. That they passed him fleetingly. Only “a psychiatric consultation”, not even a Tso. A passage to the hospital after the threats to the mother. Who confided to the neighbors: “My boyfriend is always alone. He doesn’t even care.” Here is the puzzle, how do you help those who refuse to be helped? Is it possible that we should always arrive later? That every time you have to “go to the funeral”, in the words of Paolo Crepet? Massimo Di Giannantonio, president of the Italian Society of Psychiatry, becomes inflamed: “We have to …

The suicide killer of Ardea he was a ghost (armed though). Also for mental health services. That they passed him fleetingly. Only “a psychiatric consultation”, not even a Tso. A passage to the hospital after the threats to the mother. Who confided to the neighbors: “My boyfriend is always alone. He doesn’t even care.” Here is the puzzle, how do you help those who refuse to be helped? Is it possible that we should always arrive later? That every time you have to “go to the funeral”, in the words of Paolo Crepet?

Massimo Di Giannantonio, president of the Italian Psychiatry Society, becomes inflamed: “We have to ask ourselves the opposite question: the services assist 978 thousand patients, while the serious ones are 245 thousand. So, how many murders every day does this system prevent and prevent? ”But why Andrea Pignani Wasn’t he intercepted before he could do harm? “The formal answer – replies Di Giannantonio – is that the number of professionals in charge of the services is absolutely not adequate. Then the lockdown caused a slackening of activities in the area. But, in essence, the truth is that we are unable to answer all the problems of those with a disturbed mind. How many times do the judiciary and the police underestimate the alarms of a person who will then end up killed by his ex? “.

“The Ardea tragedy is not the responsibility of the law wanted by the psychiatrist Franco Basaglia, but of those who did not apply that law or, if they applied it, did it for a short period”, is the thought of Rosy Bindi, former Minister of Health. So let’s go back to that short circuit, the freedom to refuse treatment. But who should be the watchman? Should family doctors, for example, have the ability to intercept danger? “Attention – is the reasoning of the Sip president -. If family members, psychiatric services or public force workers have testimony or proof that the patient suffers from a serious pathology, the national health system has two ways to intervene. ‘Aso, the compulsory health assessment “. But those who are sick can protest, I have nothing, I don’t want anything … “But if there are signs, they must still undergo a specialist examination, even against their will – explains Di Giannantonio -. If they are recognized as needy of a therapeutic intervention, the health system intervenes with the Tso, the compulsory health treatment “.

Yes, but after? “We are not limited to a pharmacological intervention exclusively in the days of hospitalization in the acute ward – explains the psychiatrist -. The national health system provides taking charge through home visits, outpatient visits, through the administration of drugs, from 3 to 12 weeks, with attendance at home and in mental health centers. If the psychiatric pathology does not resolve itself, if the patient continues to need treatment, if the symptoms are not eradicated, the management can last for a lifetime “.