T Tomov1. 1. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Alexandrovska, Sofia, Bulgaria. ttomov@sun.medun.acad.bg
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.
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.
Authors: Evelyn J Bromet; Semyon F Gluzman; Volodymyr I Paniotto; Charles P M Webb; Nathan L Tintle; Victoria Zakhozha; Johan M Havenaar; Zinoviy Gutkovich; Stanislav Kostyuchenko; Joseph E Schwartz Journal: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol Date: 2005-09-20 Impact factor: 4.328
Authors: Prisca Weiser; Thomas Becker; Carolin Losert; Köksal Alptekin; Loretta Berti; Lorenzo Burti; Alexandra Burton; Mojca Dernovsek; Eva Dragomirecka; Marion Freidl; Fabian Friedrich; Aneta Genova; Arunas Germanavicius; Ulaş Halis; John Henderson; Peter Hjorth; Taavi Lai; Jens Ivar Larsen; Katarzyna Lech; Ramona Lucas; Roxana Marginean; David McDaid; Maya Mladenova; Povl Munk-Jørgensen; Alexandru Paziuc; Petronela Paziuc; Stefan Priebe; Katarzyna Prot-Klinger; Johannes Wancata; Reinhold Kilian Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2009-08-28 Impact factor: 3.295