title: Regional collaboration in reconstruction of mental health services in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
abstract: The war in the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995 destroyed the mainly hospital-based mental health care system in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This report summarizes the situation before and after the war and describes efforts to rebuild and reform mental health services under politically and economically challenging conditions. As a result of these efforts, there are now 39 multidisciplinary community mental health centers that are linked to primary care and that aim to provide prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental disorders. The reform process has been supported by international initiatives and is now continuing in collaboration with other countries in South Eastern Europe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Sarajevo, Bolnicka 15, 71 000 Sarahevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Abdulah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kucukalic
authors.forename: Alma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dzubur-Kulenovic
authors.forename: Ismet
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ceric
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacobsson
authors.forename: Alma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bravo-Mehmedbasic
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Priebe
mesh_terms: D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014857:Warfare