MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN SERBIA – CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH (CAMH)
MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN SERBIA – CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH (CAMH)

Author(s): Milica Pejović Milovančević, Vladimir Miletić
Subject(s): Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Neuropsychology, Clinical psychology, Behaviorism, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: child and adolescent psychiatry; public health; Serbia;
Summary/Abstract: Child and adolescent psychiatry (developmental psychiatry) is a relatively young branch of psychiatry and a very young discipline in Serbia. With the advancement of clinical knowledge, research, education and professional activities, new challenges are constantly arising in the field. It had been developing in Serbia for the past fifty years and now represents a separate professional discipline which encompasses specific diagnostic procedures, treatment, prevention, rehabilitation and research of disorders of emotional, social and cognitive development of children and adolescents. In this article we discuss historical perspectives of child psychiatry in Serbia, its current states, challenges and we outline further possibilities of development.

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