The latest project news can be found below. Any forthcoming events or other important information will be listed here. To view an individual article, please click on the 'View details' link.
What does psychiatric deinstitutionalisation look like when approached through samba rehearsals and the smell of rain-soaked bodies returning to a psychiatric hospital after a parade?
Where Carnival Becomes Care, a photograph by Delia Da Mosto, has won first prize in the “Research in Action” Photography Competition at KCL
What does it mean to rethink psychiatric reform? Reflections on the In & Out of the Asylum: Psychiatric Critiques & Reforms in Historical Perspective
Reflections from Transitions’ participation in the Basaglia Beyond Borders conference, 35 years after the Caracas Declaration.
An online conversation with Dr. Benedetto Saraceno a key figure in the global movement for community mental health.
On 18 August at the School of Public Health, University of Chile, the international Transitions project was officially presented in the country.
12–14 August 2025 saw the Brazilian launch of Transitions – The Ethics and Politics of Psychiatric Deinstitutionalisation in Rio de Janeiro.
Join us for the launch of the Transitions Project, exploring psychiatric deinstitutionalisation and mental health systems reform within South America