Based on a post by Miguel Ângelo Roberto D’Elia, physician, former director of the Rio de Janeiro State Division for Mental Illnesses in the 1960s and the founder of the forensic psychiatric hospital Henrique Roxo in the city of Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, this article investigates the memory of the construction of that institution. A post on Google+ by D’Elia makes up the research corpus of this article. In his autobiographical text, D’Elia describes social and political networks at play during his tenure in public administration, as well as his initiatives until the opening of the institution.
Key words:
Forensic Psychiatric Hospital; Henrique Roxo; Miguel D’Elia; Social Memory