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Mental health reforms in Eastern Europe[This paper].
- Source :
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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica . Dec2001 Supplement, Vol. 104, p21-26. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Objective: To describe the background in general culture, public and professional discourse against which mental health care reform initiatives in Eastern Europe need to be seen. Method: An account of some key aspects of sociopolitical and cultural transition in Eastern European countries is given, and core results of a research project on attitudes and needs assessment in psychiatry in six Eastern European countries are reported. Results: In post-totalitarian cultures mental health reforms impinge on imagination in ways which are not easy to predict. Some of the reasons for this are traced to the psychiatric practices under the system of total control, e.g. dispensary care, political abuse, reification of classificatory terms. Data on a study of attitudes suggest that institutions had replaced community life in those parts of Europe. Conclusion: It is predicted that with time trust in the capacity of community to contain mental illness will be regained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0001690X
- Volume :
- 104
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 63184136
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.1040s2021.x