Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t8hqh Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-29T18:16:34.017Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Changing the system of psychiatric care in bulgaria. Recover-E project in bulgaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

V. Nakov

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Introduction

Bulgaria has undergone a number of very significant political and social changes over the past 150 years that has also impacted on the delivery of mental health care. There has been a 40% reduction in the number of inpatient psychiatric beds in Bulgaria within the past 20 years leading to the current state of approximately European average bed numbers per 100 000 population. This does not appear to have been accompanied by an increased investment in ambulatory / outpatient mental health services.

Objectives

Description of the advantages and disadvantages of mental health services in Bulgaria, available staff and distribution in the country. The project RECOVER-E and its activities in Bulgaria are described.

Methods

Sources of health statistics of Bulgaria are used and analyzed. Maps and tables were used for visualization.

Results

Taking into account the situation described in this way and the EPA guidelines for change in the system, a mental health strategy has been proposed.

Conclusions

It has a long and significant legacy of underfunding of mental health services, which has undoubtedly caused significant economic damage to Bulgaria through surmountable results increasing health and social care costs, and surmountable loss of economic productivity. A significant increase in the budget allocated to mental health and related social care services.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Type
Abstract
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S64
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BY
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association
Submit a response

Comments

No Comments have been published for this article.