Author/Editor | Furedi, J; Mohr, P; Swingler, D; Bitter, I; Gheorghe, MD; Hotujac, L; Jarema, M; Kocmur, M; Koychev, GI; Mosolov, SN | |
Title | Psychiatry in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe: an overview of the current situation | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Acta Psychiatr Scand administration | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 114, št. 4 | |
Publication year | 2006 | |
Volume | str. 223-31 | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | Objective: To review the current status of psychiatry in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Method: A group of psychiatrists from the region evaluated the status of psychiatry at the end of 2004 based on data from their countries and information available on WHO homepages. Results: There is a shift from traditional in-patient facilities towards out-patient and community services as evidenced by a decreasing number of hospital beds. Economic pressures affect the financing of psychiatric services, and reimbursement for novel psychotropics. Political changes were followed by updated legislation. Psychiatric training, pre-, postgraduate and continuous medical education, are gradually being transformed. Scientific output as measured by publications in peer-reviewed journals has been significantly lower than in the West. Conclusion: The major changes in the period of transition documented in the review pose new challenges for psychiatry. | |
Descriptors | BULGARIA CROATIA CZECH REPUBLIC HUNGARY INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES POLAND PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS ROMANIA RUSSIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA |