HELSINŠKE SVESKE №33: Briga o mentalnom zdravlju - Po meri ljudskog dostojanstva
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
Contributor(s): Sonja Biserko (Editor)
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Neuropsychology, 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.

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