roved). The debate around vaccines has been in the spotlight in Europe over the last few years, both within the scientific community and the general public. In times where vaccines are losing public confidence and several international organizations (WHO, EU, ECDC) warn against the growing phenomenon of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ and its impact on decreasing vaccine coverage trends [1–3], National Hea...

The evolution of the veterinary role in disaster management across the last 25 years is described, with particular attention to the Italian experience. Italy has a specific organisation of veterinary services which are integrated into the civil protection system as a component of the national health service. The Italian model is compared with USA and France. In USA a major role is played by the...

This work reconstructs the atmosphere that developed in the city of Arezzo with the approval and application of Italian Law 180. A detailed description of the events, which saw this mediumsized community involved in what was to become an example for mental health policy, helps to illustrate the values underlying Italian Law 180. This endeavour was at once a scientific, cultural and political pr...

The Italian Association on Addiction Psychiatry (SIPDip) is a special section of the Italian Psychiatric Association (SIP). It started, under the name of the Italian Association on Abuse and Addictive Behaviours (SICAD), in 1989 from the awareness that the addiction field had been starved of a psychiatrists' contribution since 1975. SIPDip aims to improve and implement study, clinical, research...