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https://doi.org/10.31952/amha.17.1.9
OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC CARE IN KARLOVAC – DUE TO THE 50th ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL KARLOVAC (1969 – 2019)
Igor Salopek
orcid.org/0000-0003-0749-5862
; Opća bolnica Karlovac, Karlovac, Hrvatska, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska.
Jasminka Oštrek
; Opća bolnica Karlovac, Karlovac, Hrvatska.
Lea Hrvat
; Opća bolnica Karlovac, Karlovac, Hrvatska.
Hrvoje Cvitanović
; Opća bolnica Karlovac, Karlovac, Hrvatska, Fakultet zdravstvenih studija Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska.
Ervin Jančić
; Opća bolnica Karlovac, Karlovac, Hrvatska, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska.
Sažetak
The newly established Department of neuropsychiatry of the Medical Center of Karlovac
opened on November 3rd, 1969, thus enabling a comprehensive and modern approach to
people with mental disorders. Prior to its opening, the first stage of the hospital in Švarča was
completed. Up until that point, psychiatric care had been inadequate despite the enthusiasm
of individuals, such as Dr. Andrija Štampar who worked in Karlovac in 1912 and 1913. The
first decade of the Department’s work marked the overload of “mixing” psychiatric and neurological
cases, as well as the leadership of the scholar, Prim. Dr. Dražen Neimarević. The
establishment of separate departments in 1980 showed improvement in the working conditions,
and further steps were made with the formation of day hospitals for alcoholism and
psychotherapy. Better access to patients was achieved due to the independence of psychiatric
care in 1994. The start of the 21st century saw innovative breakthroughs with the opening
of the first unit for treating sexual disorders in Croatia and the establishment of one of the
first mobile psychiatric teams within the national implementation of Community-based psychiatry
model. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of
neuropsychiatry in the General Hospital Karlovac, it is important to give thanks to everyone
who contributed to the development of psychiatric care. Following the foundations that were
laid, it is necessary to adapt and improve the approaches to those with mental disorders,
with the aim to provide recovery and destigmatization. Finally, following the development
in Croatian psychiatry and parallel activities in similar institutions, the overview of “psychiatry
in Karlovac” can be used as a representative sample of the development in other
institutions and similar county/regional centers.
Ključne riječi
psychiatry; Karlovac; history of psychiatry; Andrija Štampar; Dražen Neimarević
Hrčak ID:
223259
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Datum izdavanja:
1.7.2019.
Posjeta: 2.642 *