Eugenio Borgna, a prominent psychiatrist and intellectual born in Borgomanero (Novara) in 1930, died at the age of 94. Borgna has left an indelible impression on the history of Italian psychiatry by taking a humane and compassionate approach that anticipated Franco Basaglia's beliefs. In the 1960s, he headed Novara's provincial psychiatric hospital, rejecting aggressive tactics in favor of a vision centered on the dignity of each patient. A staunch advocate of Law 180, which led to the closure of mental facilities, Borgna consistently applied its principles in Novara. From 1978 to 2002, he was the head of the Psychiatry Service at the Maggiore Hospital in Novara. At the same time, he dedicated himself to political and civil activities, serving as mayor and municipal councilor in Borgomanero during the 1970s. Borgna, a prolific author, was able to make complex topics like emotional discomfort and the interior dimension of man understandable to the general audience. His last book, "L'ora che non ha più sorelle (Einaudi)", a study on female suicide, was published in November.