Development of community psychiatry in Bosnia-Herzegovina with focus on support from Sweden.
The mental health reform basically means a movement of patients from the former institutions into the society. The driving forces have been human rights and economical reasons. In Bosnia-Hercegovina the war became a starting point for the mental health reform. With support from major international organisations such as WHO, The World Bank and Unicef and minor NGOs such as SweBiH, and HNI Bosnia-Hercegovina has done a remarkable progress in a few years time. SweBiH has co-operated with HNI and focused on training of personnel from different professions during four years and examples are given. The future support might be a Training Centre for Community Psychiatry in Sarajevo. SweBiH plans to continue with support of sustainable research activities.
Lagerkvist
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Children's University Clinic, Uppsala, Sweden.
Jacobsson
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D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D013548:Sweden