Law 180 opened the asylums. Public services are at risk: there is a lack of funds.
The psychiatrists of the Italian Psychiatric Society, "the shortage of personnel is dramatic" (ANSA). "The Basaglia law remains revolutionary" but today "the country has changed and needs a new organization of mental health services" And above all it needs resources, today below 3% of the health fund, and investments in human capital because "the shortages are dramatic and risks collapsing the entire public system"