(ANSA) Rome, Aug. 7 - The Italian Psychiatrists' Society on
Thursday joined in the chorus of outrage over former Costa
Concordia captain Francesco Schettino speaking on panic
management at a course organised by professor of Rome's La
Sapienza University.
Emilio Sacchetti, chairman of the psychiatrists'
association Sip, expressed its "disdainful incredulity for an
event that violates the most elementary ethical principles that
should accompany teaching."
Mental disturbances in general are too important and often
too dramatic to be dealt with "in a sterile, spectacular fashion
based on creative ignorance," he added.
"The Sip can't help but note with regret that there was an
audience for a university course with a clinical subject about
which Francesco Schettino was lecturing - perhaps some students
are more interested in appearances than learning," Sacchetti
snorted.
The professor who organised the July 5 lecture at the
ancient university by Schettino, Prof. Vincenzo Mastronardi, may
face disciplinary proceedings, La Sapienza has said.
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