HELSINŠKE SVESKE №33: Mental Healthcare befitting Human Dignity
HELSINŠKE SVESKE №33: Mental Healthcare befitting Human Dignity
Author(s): Dejan Lj. Milenković, Miloš V. Janković, Nikola Grujić, Vlаdimir Jović, Paolo Serra, Darko Sekulić, Jelena Marković, Milan Marković , Ljiljana Palibrk
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji
Keywords: mental health; human dignity; human rights; Serbia; psychiatry; mental illness; law; de-institutionalization; disability; NGO;
Summary/Abstract: This collection of papers broaches some of the biggest stumbling blocs in the way of mental health reform and effective deinstitutionalization in the Republic of Serbia Analyses, opinions and recommendations presented in it refl ect the years-long advocacy by several non-governmental organizations and independent experts for mental health reform and transformation from institutional to community-based care. This is about a long-term campaign of committed individuals, organizations and associations for gradual shutdown of residential institutions catering for psychiatric patients, and children and adults with mental disabilities, and, moreover, for dignifi ed lives of and equal opportunities for these most vulnerable groups of population.
Series: Helsinške Sveske
- Page Count: 71
- Publication Year: 2014
- Language: English
The Necessity to Speed up Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Mental Disabilities
The Necessity to Speed up Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Mental Disabilities
(The Necessity to Speed up Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Mental Disabilities)
- Author(s):Dejan Lj. Milenković
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law
- Page Range:6-16
- No. of Pages:11
The Situation of Persons with Mental Disabilities and the Law on their Protection
The Situation of Persons with Mental Disabilities and the Law on their Protection
(The Situation of Persons with Mental Disabilities and the Law on their Protection)
- Author(s):Miloš V. Janković
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law
- Page Range:17-23
- No. of Pages:7
- Summary/Abstract:It has been almost a year since the adoption of the Law on the Protection of Persons with Mental Disorders. Although the Citizens’ Ombudsman and civil society activists had alerted in time and to the point to the draft’s many shortcomings, what prevailed was the stance – shared even by some international organizations – that no matter what having any law was better than having none. Intent not to comment on this any further, we believe the time has come to broach the Law’s amendment.
Legal Capacity in Serbia: Failure to Meet the Standards for the Protection of the Right of Persons with Disabilities to Equality before the Law
Legal Capacity in Serbia: Failure to Meet the Standards for the Protection of the Right of Persons with Disabilities to Equality before the Law
(Legal Capacity in Serbia: Failure to Meet the Standards for the Protection of the Right of Persons with Disabilities to Equality before the Law)
- Author(s):Nikola Grujić
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law
- Page Range:24-43
- No. of Pages:20
Psychiatric Hospitals in Serbia: A Brief
Psychiatric Hospitals in Serbia: A Brief
(Psychiatric Hospitals in Serbia: A Brief)
- Author(s):Vlаdimir Jović
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law
- Page Range:44-49
- No. of Pages:6
- Summary/Abstract:There are five special psychiatric hospitals in Serbia, with approximately 3000 beds: Special Psychiatric Hospital (SPH) Gornja Toponica, Niš (app. 800 beds), SPH Dr S. Bakalović, Vršac (app. 800), SPH Sveti Vrači, N. Kneževac (app. 350), SPH Kovin (900), and Dr L. Lazarević Institute for Psychiatry, with the Department in Padinska Skela (350) which is organized as an asylum. There are also ten clinics and institutions and 30 psychiatric departments in general hospitals. Although all these institutions are in the focus of our attention, our main focus during the past few years was the prevention of torture and inhuman treatment in special hospitals.
Examples of the Good Practice of the Organizational Model of Mental Health – The Tuscan Model
Examples of the Good Practice of the Organizational Model of Mental Health – The Tuscan Model
(Examples of the Good Practice of the Organizational Model of Mental Health – The Tuscan Model)
- Author(s):Paolo Serra
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law
- Page Range:50-55
- No. of Pages:6
- Summary/Abstract:The principle inspiring the Tuscan model of the organization of mental health services characterizes its articulation in the dimension of community, with the aim of promoting health by activating the resources and competences of the community concerned, in the service of changing the actual treatment needs wihout the answers that are strictly determined in advance. The services are oriented to each psychiatric illness and each patient age, with direct access from the primary level of health care. Their main task is to provide care and rehabilitation services, including prevention.
Trentino – The Inspiration for Hard Times in Life
Trentino – The Inspiration for Hard Times in Life
(Trentino – The Inspiration for Hard Times in Life)
- Author(s):Darko Sekulić
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law
- Page Range:56-60
- No. of Pages:5
- Summary/Abstract:From February 3 to 8, 2014, the organizations Trentino for the Balkans and Caritas Serbia organized a study tour to the city of Trento in Italy (the Province of Trentino, Region Trentino-Alto Adige), entitled “Serbia and Trentino Together on the Path to Psychiatric Reform“. The group consisted of the users of psychiatric services delegated by the users‘ associations from Serbia, psychiatrists and social workers. Below are the impressions of Trento taken by members of the Duša Association of Psychiatric Service Users from Belgrade.
Some Observations Concerning the Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Mental Disabilities
Some Observations Concerning the Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Mental Disabilities
(Some Observations Concerning the Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Mental Disabilities)
- Author(s):Jelena Marković, Milan Marković
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law
- Page Range:61-67
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:Deinstitutionalization;
Recommendations to the Serbian government and relevant ministries for efficient deinstitutionalization process
Recommendations to the Serbian government and relevant ministries for efficient deinstitutionalization process
(Recommendations to the Serbian government and relevant ministries for efficient deinstitutionalization process)
- Author(s):Author Not Specified
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law
- Page Range:68-71
- No. of Pages:4
- Keywords:deinstitutionalization,
