Gianpaolo Bernasconi appears to be an Italian individual (based in Faloppio, near Como, Italy) who frequently discusses topics related to psychiatry in the context of his personal experiences.
He is active on X (formerly Twitter) under the handle
@GianpaoloBernas
, where he describes himself as having a degree in law, and maintains a blog at gianpaolo-bernasconi.blogspot.com.
In his recent posts (as of early January 2026), he repeatedly claims that attempts are being made to portray him as mentally ill by prescribing psychotropic medications and sending him to a psychiatrist. He explicitly refers to this as "psichiatria politica" (political psychiatry), comparing it to the historical persecution of dissidents like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in the Soviet Union during the 1960s–70s.For example, in one of his posts he writes:"Come al solito vogliono farmi passare per malato di mente dandomi psicofarmaci e mandandomi dallo psichiatra (ma e' psichiatria politica quella contro di me quella che 60/70 anni fa era la persecuzione di Aleksandr Solženicyn)"
(Translation: "As usual, they want to pass me off as mentally ill by giving me psychotropic drugs and sending me to a psychiatrist (but it's political psychiatry against me, the kind that 60/70 years ago was the persecution of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)")This theme appears recurrent in his online activity, framing his interactions with mental health services as a form of political or ideological repression rather than genuine medical care.