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Each year, mental health practitioners from around the world visit Trieste in Italy to see what they can learn from the city\\u2019s approach to mental illness.

In 1978, Trieste led a \\u2018revolution\\u2019 in Italian mental health care by closing its asylums and ending the restraint of patients. Today the city is designated as a \\u2018collaboration centre\\u2019 by the World Health Organization in recognition of its pioneering work.

Reporter Ammar Ebrahim visits Trieste to see how the system works - from the informal community centres where people can drop in and stay as long as they need, to the businesses that offer career opportunities for those who have been through the system.

We hear about the city\\u2019s policy of \\u2018no locked doors\\u2019, and ask how Trieste deals with patients other societies may deem \\u2018dangerous\\u2019.

Presenter: Tom Colls \\nProducer: Sam Judah

(Photo Caption: \\u201cFreedom is therapeutic\\u201d written on a wall in Trieste / Photo Credit: BBC)