"Le Château des insensés", a novel about François Tosquelles, Catalan psychiatrist and psychoanalyst

In the history of psychiatry, François Tosquelles occupies a special place. A Catalan psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, he revolutionized the discipline as early as the 1940s. His work is at the heart of Paola Pigani's novel "Le Château des insensés". The book tells the story of Jeanne, interned near Paris and then transferred to Lozère, where Tosquelles transformed the lives of his patients. A story that highlights the humanization of psychiatry.