Psychiatric Hospitals in Serbia: A Brief
Psychiatric Hospitals in Serbia: A Brief

Author(s): Vlаdimir Jović
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji
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.

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