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Serbia-MENTAL HEALTH INFO
by SEE-MH-INFO on Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:43 pm
To: Minister of Health of the Republic of Serbia
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia
To Minister, Professor Dr Tomica Milosavljević
http://www.petitiononline.com/stanengl/petition.htmlMinister Milosavljević, with respect
We wish to respond to the deposing of Dr. Milan Stanojkovic, who was until very recently the Director of the Special Psychiatric Hospital “Gornja Toponica” and the Center for Community Mental Health ‘Medijana” in Nis.
We consider this issue to be of tremendous importance to the colleagues in professional, scientific and advocacy circles. The institution managed by Dr. Stanojkovic engaged in meticulous reforms and have been turned into exemplary institution during his management. Clearly the hospital and the community mental health center are examples of good practice in the region, which has been confirmed by statements from several experts from the Project for Mental Health supported by the Stability Pact, as well as others.
We are reminding you that the reasons for deposing Dr. Stanojkovic are contrary and show a disregard for doctrinal procedure. The reasons don’t refer to his professional engagement or on the functioning of the institutions managed under his care. Through an unbalanced media campaign and in the court of public opinion formed by that campaign, and while he was absent on a business trip, Dr. Stanojkovic was presented as an abusive monster. Only after he was deposed were these allegations exposed as unfounded and a thinly veiled attempt at character assassination. Prior to his deposing Dr. Stanojkovic was not offered a chance to defend himself and expose these allegations as unfounded and slanderous. These events have damaged his professional and personal integrity and honor. This event has greatly compromised mental health reforms in Serbia. After an example like this, who would dare to introduce reforms in the psychiatric hospitals of Serbia or in public health care institutions?!
Due to these facts, we, who have signed below, are suggesting you form a Professional Commission as soon as possible which will establish the real situation in “Gornja Topaonica” and “Medijana”. The Professional Commission should be independent and should include international experts who should be able to give recommendations for further promotion of care for patients in such institutions.
Sincerely,
ONLY 125 Total Signatures
CALL FOR ACTION
SUPORT THIS PETITION on this link below
http://www.petitiononline.com/stanengl/petition.html
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia
To Minister, Professor Dr Tomica Milosavljević
http://www.petitiononline.com/stanengl/petition.htmlMinister Milosavljević, with respect
We wish to respond to the deposing of Dr. Milan Stanojkovic, who was until very recently the Director of the Special Psychiatric Hospital “Gornja Toponica” and the Center for Community Mental Health ‘Medijana” in Nis.
We consider this issue to be of tremendous importance to the colleagues in professional, scientific and advocacy circles. The institution managed by Dr. Stanojkovic engaged in meticulous reforms and have been turned into exemplary institution during his management. Clearly the hospital and the community mental health center are examples of good practice in the region, which has been confirmed by statements from several experts from the Project for Mental Health supported by the Stability Pact, as well as others.
We are reminding you that the reasons for deposing Dr. Stanojkovic are contrary and show a disregard for doctrinal procedure. The reasons don’t refer to his professional engagement or on the functioning of the institutions managed under his care. Through an unbalanced media campaign and in the court of public opinion formed by that campaign, and while he was absent on a business trip, Dr. Stanojkovic was presented as an abusive monster. Only after he was deposed were these allegations exposed as unfounded and a thinly veiled attempt at character assassination. Prior to his deposing Dr. Stanojkovic was not offered a chance to defend himself and expose these allegations as unfounded and slanderous. These events have damaged his professional and personal integrity and honor. This event has greatly compromised mental health reforms in Serbia. After an example like this, who would dare to introduce reforms in the psychiatric hospitals of Serbia or in public health care institutions?!
Due to these facts, we, who have signed below, are suggesting you form a Professional Commission as soon as possible which will establish the real situation in “Gornja Topaonica” and “Medijana”. The Professional Commission should be independent and should include international experts who should be able to give recommendations for further promotion of care for patients in such institutions.
Sincerely,
ONLY 125 Total Signatures
CALL FOR ACTION
SUPORT THIS PETITION on this link below
http://www.petitiononline.com/stanengl/petition.html
Name Profession Professional affiliation
125. DEJAN-STEVANOVIC WAPR MACEDONIA WAPR MACEDONIA
124. CHIARINI TINA ASSISTENTE SOCIALE CENTRO FRANCO BASAGLIA AREZZO
123. Johnathon Allen Program Specialist II Hamilton Center, Inc.
122. KOSTAS BAIRAKTARIS Psychologist Associate Prof. of Psychology
121. Nikolaos Gkionakis Psychologist Head, Day Centre "Babel", Athens (GR)
120. roberto schoellberger psychoanalist ordine delgi psicologi dell'alto Adige
119. Spyros Zorbas Economist Gift Store
118. mario paolini pedagogista professionista
117. fiorella tozzi medico psichiatra dirigente medico usl 7 siena
116. peppe dell'acqua psychiatrist director mental health department trieste
115. Pullia Giuseppe psychiatrist private
114. stefano dei nurse ausl 8 Arezzo (italy)
113. Günter Winkler Psychiatrist Rehabilitation Center Bad Tölz
112. Sabrina Scumaci Psycologist Contrapunkt Soziale Betriebe GmbH
111. bruno norcio psychiatrist Trieste Department of Mental Health (advisor)
110. Elien van der Wekken Manager work trainingscentre Eleos, the Netherlands
109. Ulrike Gomelsky Master of Science, Social Worker Exit-sozial, Austria
108. Dr Niels Poerksen Psychiatrist Hospital director Bethel-Bielefeld Germany
107. Theodoros Megaloeconomou psyciatrist Psychiatric Hospital of Attica-Athens. Aghii Anargiri Mental Health Center
106. ROCCO CANOSA psychiatrist National President of Psichiatria Democratica (Italy)
105. Giampiero Cesari psychiatrist Arezzo Department of Mental Health
104. Naila student psychology
103. Lorenzo TORESINI MD Psychiatrist Chief psychiatrst in health trust Alto Adige - Suedtirol
102. Drs. J.A. Poelmann CEO Mental Health Services Nijmegen advisor to Global Initiative of Psychiatry
101. Gabriele Marucelli Resp.Quality Assurance ISO 9001-2000- Sociologist Azienda Servizi Sanitari N° 1 Triestina
100. Claudio Milocco ingegnere Azienda per i Servizi Sanitari n. 1 "Triestina"
99. Stojan Andonov Occupational Therapist CMHC Prolet, Skopje
98. Stojan Bajraktarov MD Psychiatrist Macedonian Psychiatric Association
97. Vladimir Ortakov MD Psychiatrist SEE Mental Health Project, Country Manager for Macedonia
96. Nunzia Abbondanza Psichiatra direttore centro salute mentale 2 di Bari
95. Aida Sehagic psychologist psychology
94. alessandra pedone sociologist Local Health Unit USL 8 - Arezzo
93. Carlotta Baldi psichiatra ASS.1 triestina (Trieste-Italia)
92. Barbara Giacometti teacher University of Udine
91. Prof. Dr. em. h.c. Luc Ciompi Professor of Psyhiatry former director of the Social Psychiatric Univ. Clinic of Berne/Switzerland
90. Rolf Hüllinghorst Managing Director Socialworker
89. Tony Gardner Mental Health Consultant W.H.O and Independent Consultant
88. Maja Vujovic-Ranger psychiatrist St Charles Hospital, London
87. Mariska Kools director international office Global Initiative on Psychiatry
86. Maarten Boon Director Strategy and Innovation Agis Health Insurance Company
85. Paul Manni retired patient's advocate see stated before
84. Ineke Baas Projectmanager Global Initiative on Psychiatry
83. Georgette Groutars psychologist de Waterheuvel
82. dr. J.L. Klompenhouwer psychiater De Grote Rivieren
81. Angela Blanken Financial/administrative assistant GIP
80. John Robbemond psychologist / systemic therapist Eleos Dutch Reformed Mental Health Institution (the Netherlands)
79. Marzia Ravazzini anthropologist private foundation - Italy
78. Ragnar Gunnarsson psychologist Copenhagen, Denmark
77. Aleksandra Panić student psiholog
76. Dr Elaine Laycock Doctor Medical Director SOS Bosnia
75. Donatella Mazzi MD Psychiatrist
Name Profession Professional affiliation
75. Donatella Mazzi MD Psychiatrist Mental Health Department - Arezzo - Italy
74. Gaia Montelatici anthropologist independent consultant
73. Maurizia Iezzi medico psichiatra responsabile centro diurno dipartimento di Psichiatria ASL Lanciano
72. Ernesto Venturini psychiatrist World Health Organization
71. Francisca Goedhart Project manager GIP Chair of National Family organisation the Netherlands
70. Palombi Francesca Romana teacher Liceo Scientifico Nomentano - Roma
69. Landucci Marco journalist free lance
68. Mario Serrano Psychiatryst Mental Health Dipartiment Director USL Livorno Toscany Italy
67. BONDIOLI CESARE psichiatra Università Siena
66. Lucia Bellina nurse Clinica Psichiatrica-Università di Trieste- Italia
65. Cludia Battiston tecnico di riabilitazione Clinica Psichiatrica-Università di Trieste- Italia
64. Roberto Sau nurse Clinica Psichiatrica-Università di Trieste- Italia
63. gabriella tonel nurse Clinica Psichiatrica-Università di Trieste- Italia
62. Dott. Domenico Casagrande Psichiatra Istituto Veneziano Servizi alla Persona (IPAB)ITALY
61. Aleksandar Njegovan Secretary General Serbian Refugee Council
60. Marcello Buiatti Full Prof.Genetics University Florence, Italy
59. Jana Javakhishvili Psychologist Global Initiative on Psychiatry - Tbilisi
58. D'Arco Aldo psichiatra direttore DSM USL8 Arezzo
57. Rinaldelli Anna Franca psicoterapeuta Italia
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55. tommaso losavio psichiatra asl roma e
54. Dr. Margit Schmolke Psychologist German Academy for Psychoanalysis
53. Giuseppe Ducci MD Psychiatrist Mental Health Department Roma E
52. Professor Michele Tansella Professor of Psychiatry, Dean of the Medical School University of Verona
51. Fabrizio Righi Manager in Health and Social Cooperation Projects Italian NGO
50. Lucia Zani dirigente medico psichiatra sanità pubblica
49. Paolo Collini dirigente scolastico scuola pubblica
48. Paolo Collini dirigente scolastico scuola pubblica
47. Dr. Uwe Hild General practitioner ICGP
46. Emilio Lupo Psichiatra Azienda Sanitaria Locale, Napoli
45. monica fiore psychologist rome
44. Fabio Roggiolani President Health Commission Regional Council Toscana Italy
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42. mila lazic dramaturg program menager anno uno
41. Fabrizio Ottolenghi MD psychiatrist studio privato,Trieste Italia
40. Roberto Mezzina psychiatrist - Mental Health Center director Azienda per i Servizi Sanitari - Trieste - Italy
39. Mario Reali Healthcare Director Azienda per i Servizi Sanitari - Trieste - Italy
38. Chiara Strutti Consultant for the General Management Azienda per i Servizi Sanitari - Trieste - Italy
37. Paolo SERRA psychiatrist Istituto di Psicologia, Università di Siena, Italy
36. Giuseppe Dell'Acqua psychiatrist - MHD director Mental Health Department of Trieste - Italy
35. Franco Rotelli General Manager Azienda per i Servizi Sanitari - Trieste - Italy
34. Thieu Verhagen forensic psychologist Forum GGz Nijmegen/Global Initiative on Psychiatry
33. Vesna Pirec Psychiatrist UIC
32. Milena Appleby M.D. Thorek hospital, Chicago
31. Professor Peter Bartlett Professor of Law University of Nottingham
30. Clemens W.Huitink policy employee international affaires GGZ Nederland (Dutch Mental Health Association)
29. Prof Robin Jacoby Professor Emeritus of Old Age Psychiatry University of Oxford UK
28. Maarten Boon director Strategy and Innovation Agis Health Insurance Company
27. Drs. E.S.P. Pieters-Korteweg Psychiatrist/ Medical Director Eleos Dutch Reformed Mental Health Institution (the Netherlands)
26. Dainius Puras psychiatrist Department of Psychiatry, Vilnius university, Lithuania
25. Simon Surguladze Psychiatrist Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Name Profession Professional affiliation
25. Simon Surguladze Psychiatrist Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
24. Larisa Boderscova manager, Public Health Professsional, PhD Country Project Manager Moldova
23. francesca bertossi medical doctor psichiatry
22. anna lovadina medical doctor residdent in psychiatry
21. mariangela spano medical doctor residdent in psychiatry
20. giulio castelpietra medical doctor residdent in psychiatry
19. lisa bortot medical doctor residdent in psychiatry
18. elisa tuzzi medical doctor residdent in psychiatric
17. Sabien del Gaiso nurse Clinica Psichiatrica-Università di Trieste- Italia
16. Luca D'agostini nurse Clinica Psichiatrica-Università di Trieste- Italia
15. Alessandra Di leta Nurse Clinica Psichiatrica-Università di Trieste- Italia
14. Barbara Lutman nurse Clinica Psichiatrica-Università di Trieste- Italia
13. Luana Mrakic Nurse Clinica Psichiatrica-Università di Trieste- Italia
12. Elisabetta Pascolo MD -psychiatrist Clinica Psichiatrica-Università di Trieste- Italia
11. Giovanna Butti psychologist Clinica Psichiatrica-Università di Trieste- Italia
10. Simona Landucci MD psychiatrist Dipartimento di Salute Mentale Trieste,Italia
9. stana stanic MD psychiatrist Clinica Psichiatrica Università di Trieste,Italia
8. Bret Kelly Fund Raiser, Consultant Community Mental Health International Aid Network
7. P. Moelker CBT Mental Health Nurse Overwaal Clinic for Psychotherapy Holland
6. R. Keukens Mental Health Lecturer Health Department HAN University
5. Gergana Georgieva psychologist Global Initiative on Psychiatry
4. Aleksandr Avramenko Public health specialist GIP
3. Virginija Klimukiene project manager Global Initiative on Psychiatry
2. Nino Makhashvili MD, psychiatrist GIP-Tbilisi
1. Robert van Voren Chief Executive Global Initiative on Psychiatry GIPhttp://www.petitiononline.com/stanengl/petition.html
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COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER IN NIS, SERBIA
by SEE-MH-INFO on Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:02 pm
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER IN NIS, SERBIA
Dr. Irena Popovic, Dr. Vojin Popovic presentation at the III SEE MH Policy Forum in Sofia - Bulgaria 2006
Community Mental Health Center “Mediana” (CHMC) is the pilot project in Serbia, created within the Stability Pact Project of the European Union. It started with the work from June 2005, and already became one of the main part in regional network of Community Mental Health Services.
CHMC is a part of the Special psychiatric hospital in Gornja Toponica near Nis, Serbia. As the pilot project in our country and town of Nis, it covers the largest towns’ community called Mediana, with about 200.000 citizens in it. It is located in the town, attended to be closer to the users. The work is organized within three multidisciplinary teams. The doctors (psychiatrists) in the teams are also working in the hospital, providing continuity of inpatient-outpatient mental health care.
The organization of CHMC is divided on several parts: Ambulatory service, Daily hospital, Home visit service, Psychotherapy service, Psychosocial rehabilitation service. Also, the important thing in our work is intersectorial collaboration with Center for social work, Public health center, and other psychiatric institutions.
Almost one–year experience in working encourage us to work further more in developing one more center in second community of Nis. We found out significant differences in out patient care, comparing with the previous work, new quality of relationship between patient and the therapist, so we see in the future this kind of work as the only way of resocialisation of the psychiatric patients.
Dr. Irena Popovic, Dr. Vojin Popovic presentation at the III SEE MH Policy Forum in Sofia - Bulgaria 2006
Community Mental Health Center “Mediana” (CHMC) is the pilot project in Serbia, created within the Stability Pact Project of the European Union. It started with the work from June 2005, and already became one of the main part in regional network of Community Mental Health Services.
CHMC is a part of the Special psychiatric hospital in Gornja Toponica near Nis, Serbia. As the pilot project in our country and town of Nis, it covers the largest towns’ community called Mediana, with about 200.000 citizens in it. It is located in the town, attended to be closer to the users. The work is organized within three multidisciplinary teams. The doctors (psychiatrists) in the teams are also working in the hospital, providing continuity of inpatient-outpatient mental health care.
The organization of CHMC is divided on several parts: Ambulatory service, Daily hospital, Home visit service, Psychotherapy service, Psychosocial rehabilitation service. Also, the important thing in our work is intersectorial collaboration with Center for social work, Public health center, and other psychiatric institutions.
Almost one–year experience in working encourage us to work further more in developing one more center in second community of Nis. We found out significant differences in out patient care, comparing with the previous work, new quality of relationship between patient and the therapist, so we see in the future this kind of work as the only way of resocialisation of the psychiatric patients.
Serbia adopts National mental health strategy
by SEE-MH-INFO on Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:03 am
Mental health strategy in Serbia 25 January 2007 | 11:38 | Source: B92 BELGRADE —
The strategy should improve preventative treatments and the quality of life for patients, according to the Associate Minister of Health Sneana Simi. She added that the state set aside 12.4 million euros for the reconstruction of mental health care institutions. Vojislav Aura, Vice President of the National Committee for Mental Health said that the major goal is to adjust the system to contemporary concepts of mental health, remarking that Serbia has its own specific problems. The system should be organized and adapted to the needs of people suffering from mental illnesses, and should help the patients integrate into their local communities as much as possible. The number of people diagnosed with depression andpsychological trauma has increased, which is easy to understand if we considered all the turbulent events in our recent past, Simi said. The President of the National Committee for Mental Health said that 27 percent of Serbian citizens showed signs of post-traumatic stress disorder and warned that the number of people seeking mental health-care rose by 13 percent from 1999 to 2002.
Serbia adopts National mental health strategy
The strategy should improve preventative treatments and the quality of life for patients, according to the Associate Minister of Health Sneana Simi. She added that the state set aside 12.4 million euros for the reconstruction of mental health care institutions. Vojislav Aura, Vice President of the National Committee for Mental Health said that the major goal is to adjust the system to contemporary concepts of mental health, remarking that Serbia has its own specific problems. The system should be organized and adapted to the needs of people suffering from mental illnesses, and should help the patients integrate into their local communities as much as possible. The number of people diagnosed with depression andpsychological trauma has increased, which is easy to understand if we considered all the turbulent events in our recent past, Simi said. The President of the National Committee for Mental Health said that 27 percent of Serbian citizens showed signs of post-traumatic stress disorder and warned that the number of people seeking mental health-care rose by 13 percent from 1999 to 2002.
Video Serbia-Mental Health Project for south-eastern Europe
by SEE-MH-INFO on Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:10 am
Click on picture And you will be redarect on officila web page of Mental Health Project for south-eastern Europe .to watch this video you need windows media player .
Enjoy.
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