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Mental health services in Croatia

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sladjana Strkalj Ivezic ,
Martina Rojnic Kuzman  and
Maja Silobrcic Radic
Sladjana Strkalj Ivezic
Affiliation:
Day Hospital and Community Rehabilitation Centre, Psychiatric Hospital Vrapce, Bolnicka cesta 32, 10090 Zagreb, Croatia, email sladjana.ivezic@bolnica-vrapce
Martina Rojnic Kuzman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Zagreb University Hospital Centre and Zagreb School of Medicine, Croatia
Maja Silobrcic Radic
Affiliation:
Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Croatia
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The Republic of Croatia is in central Europe, on the Mediterranean. A large majority of its 4 440 000 inhabitants are Croats (89.6%). The main religion is Roman Catholicism (88%). Sixteen per cent of the population is aged over 65 years. Croatia was a part of Yugoslavia after the Second World War until 1991, when Croatia declared independence. Following the declaration, Croatia was attacked by the Yugoslav army and by Serbia and suffered a devastating war (1991–95). The transition had consequences for mental health, for example a dramatic rise in the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder, especially among soldiers. The majority of soldiers received appropriate psychiatric treatment; there has, however, been an increase in claims motivated by secondary gain, as a result of government policy.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 91 - 93
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