Author/Editor		Flaker, V
Title		Duševno zdravje in socialno delo
Translated title		Mental health and social work
Type		članek
Source		Soc Delo
Vol. and No.		Letnik 32, št. 5-6
Publication year		1993
Volume		str. 29-39
Language		slo
Abstract		This condensed presentation of the historical development of treating mental health and madness in Slovenia since the 16th century makes it clear that there is a continuity of locking up and excluding, which remains the basic feature of the work with a marginal and deviant population. Concerning the field of mental health, three approaches are presented (medicalisation; risk management, psychologisation of normality) which are also important from the point of view of social work. A brief survey of the relevant legislation is presented, together with the statistical data on the number of hospitals in Slovenia, on the vocational structure of professionals, on the frequency of registered mental disturbances, on the extension of the organisational network, etc., and finally, some problems and contradictions of further development of the psychiatric and social services in general are pointed out.
Descriptors		SOCIAL WORK MENTAL DISORDERS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES MENTAL HEALTH