Psychiatrists in times of ethnonationalism.
OBJECTIVE
My goal was to determine the function served by ethnopsychological writings of prominent Croatian and Serbian psychiatrists, published between 1990 and 1998, when fierce interethnic strife between their communities occurred.


METHODS
These writings, which deal with the national character of the Croats and Serbs, were analysed.


RESULTS
The writings have served the function of detachment.


CONCLUSIONS
Croatian and Serbian psychiatrists have been affected by ethnonationalist sentiments that have prevailed in their communities, and have shown bias in stereotyping each others' population.
Kecmanovic
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D016265:Conflict of Interest; D017523:Croatia / Q000208:ethnology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011057:Politics; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000592:standards*; D012933:Social Identification; D013240:Stereotyping; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000208:ethnology