Psychiatry in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe: An overview of the current situation

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-231

  Furedi J ^a   Mohr, P ^b   Swingler, D ^c   Bitter, I ^d   Gheorghe, M D ^e   Hotujac, L ^f   Jarema, M ^g   Kocmur, M ^h   Koychev, G I ⁱ   Mosolov, S N ^j   Pecenak, J ^k   Rybakowski, J ^l   Svestka, J ^m   Sartorius, N ⁿ  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e Central Military Hospital Bucharest   (Romania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^g INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^j Institute of Psychiatry   (Russian Federation)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^l POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^m MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Health Insurance Reimbursement; Historical aspects; Services, mental health; Teaching

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

EUROPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BULGARIA; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLAND; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; ROMANIA; RUSSIA; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 33646347722     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00804.x     Document Type: Review

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