title: [Development of forensic psychiatry in Serbia].
abstract: The development of legislation in the field of mental health in our region is linked with the emergence and development of the oldest psychiatric hospitals in Serbia.The principle that the mentally ill who committed a criminal offense need to be placed in a psychiatric hospital instead of a prison was introduced at the same time as in the most developed European countries. The founders of the Serbian forensic psychiatry, Dr. Jovan Danić, Dr.Vojislav Subotić Jr. and Dr. Dusan Subotić, were all trained at the first Serbian Psychiatric Hospital ("Home for the Unsound of Mind") that was founded in 1861 in the part of Belgrade called Guberevac. Their successors were psychiatric enthusiasts Prof. Dr.Vladimir F.Vujić and Prof. Dr. Laza Stanojević. A formal establishment of the School of Medicine of Belgrade, with acquirement of new experience and positive shifts within this field, based on the general act of the University in 1932, led to the formation of the Council of the School of Medicine, which, as a collective body passed expert opinions. Thus, the first Forensic Medicine Committee of the School of Medicine was formed and started its activities in 1931 when Forensic Medicine Committee Regulations were accepted. After the World War II prominent educators in the field of mental health, and who particularly contributed to further development of forensic psychiatry in Serbia were Prof. Dr. Uros Jekić, Prof Dr. Dusan Jevtić, Dr. Stevan Jovanović, Prof. Dr. Borislav Kapamadzija, Prof. Dr. Maksim Sternić, Prof. Dr. Josif Vesel and Prof. Dr. Dimitrije Milovanović.
authors.forename: Srdjan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milovanović
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jovanović
authors.forename: Miroslava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jasović-Gasić
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ilanković
authors.forename: Dusan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dunjić
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lakić
authors.forename: Slavica
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Djukić-Dejanović
authors.forename: Milutin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nenadović
authors.forename: Dragisa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Randjelović
authors.forename: Dimitrije
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Milovanović
mesh_terms: D004493:Education / Q000266:history*; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D055771:Serbia