Transformation of Psychiatric Care in Kosovo
Vevera J., Pohlreich D.:
Psychiatrická klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. J. Raboch, DrSc. Ústav hematologie a krevní transfuze, Praha, ředitel MUDr. RNDr. J. Petr, CSc. |
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Summary:
The last ten years of political and societal changes in Kosovo, part of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia, have influenced the organization and quality of the local health care system. The
current situation in mental health is characterized by insufficiency of provided care, medical
staff and a low number of hospital beds.
Despite the fact that mental health services are based on a biological model with little tradition of
psychosocial treatment or community care and support, WHO advisers recommend that the future mental health services shored be focused on a community based approach.
Key words:
psychiatry, community-based mental health centre (CMHC).
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