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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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