- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research
- Economic Sanctions and International Relations
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- History of Medicine Studies
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
University Clinical Center Tuzla
2014-2024
University of Tuzla
2011-2023
University of Zenica
2012-2014
Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2013
University Clinical Centre
2005-2009
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented worldwide crisis affecting several sectors, including health, social care, economy and society at large. World Health Organisation has emphasized that mental health care should be considered as one of the core sectors within overall response. By March 2020, recommendations for organization services across Europe have been developed by national international professional associations. Methods European Psychiatric Association...
Abstract Background. Compulsory admission procedures of patients with mental disorders vary between countries in Europe. The Ethics Committee the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) launched a survey on involuntary 40 to gather information from all National Associations that are members EPA develop recommendations for improving processes and promote voluntary care. Methods. focused legislation admissions key actors involved procedure as well most common reasons admissions. Results. We...
Introduction This paper aims to examine the frequency and significance of diagnostic comorbidity psychiatric disorders somatic diseases in a sample patients with depression as well present current psychopharmacological treatment sample. Methods The subjects this study were 489 from four Western Balkan countries primary diagnosis major according ICD 10. Comorbid non-psychiatric illnesses noted 10 criteria during interview analysed later. Additionally, pharmacological (existing newly...
J. M. G. Williams (1996) predicted that exposure to potentially traumatizing events at an early age would give rise overgeneral recall from autobiographical memory, i.e., of general rather than specific events, and in adolescence this tendency be uncorrelated with psychopathological symptoms, e.g., depression. This was supported by two studies where war-exposed Bosnian adolescents produced significantly fewer memories a Norwegian control group, as did bombing-exposed Serbian compared...
Mental health is not considered only as absence of mental disorders, but rather the achievement higher standards available psychical potentials. True devotion and obedience to The God give one a huge incredible strength, constant source spiritual emotional moral energy, which help in resisting destructive slavery attacks environment its materialistic-consuming tendencies, well social disruption. According opinion numerous worldwide recognized experts, humankind today confronted with number...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), like any other pandemic, has imposed an unprecedented threat to physical and mental health all nations, worldwide. There is no enough evidence in the literature this area. The present study been done explore organization of psychiatric services Bosnia Herzegovina (BH) meet needs BH citizens during particular restrictive measures caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
Psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may have an intensive negative impact on a patient’s spiritual beliefs or his/her belief in God; this effect diminish the social professional skills of many survivors. In same time researches showed that religion plays coping role among patients with medical mental health illnesses. During war Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992-1995) whole population, regardless age, gender, nationality profession, suffered severely. pre-war period...
AimTo examine how the experience of genocide in Srebrenica early childhood (ages 1-5) influences psychological health adolescence.MethodsThis study included 100 school-attending adolescents, age 15-16 (born 1990-91) who were divided two groups according to place residence from 1992-1995: group – adolescents lived during siege and non-Srebrenica “free territory,” not wounded, experienced no losses. We used socio-demographic questionnaire created for purposes our War Trauma Questionnaire,...
More research on the medium- and long-term effects of childhood exposure to war, including orphanhood, is needed. We compared 50 orphans 1 who lost their father during war in Bosnia Herzegovina (1992-1995) age- sex-matched adolescents from two-parent families 2011-2012 terms sociodemographic characteristics, behavioral/emotional problems, depression, resilience, maternal mental health, perceived social support. The two groups differed factors, that is, number children, family composition,...
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) is located on the western part of Balkan Peninsula. It has an area 51 210 km 2 a population 3 972 000. According to Dayton Agreement November 1995, which ended 1992-95 war, BH comprises two ‘entities’ - Federation (FBH) Republic Srpska (RS) District Brcko. The administrative arrangements for management financing mental health services reflect this. FBH, with 325 018 residents, federation 10 cantons, have equal rights responsibilities. RS 1 487 785 residents and,...
Presents case reports of two psychiatric patients who suddenly deteriorated and burned in a severe condition due to the circumstances they faced COVID-19 pandemic, which required urgent admission intensive treatment. In first report, pandemic restrictive measures were predisposing factors for suicide attempt patient is war veteran with diagnosed complex PTSD, while precipitating impaired physician-patient communication, fear losing job existential issues. There need raise awareness society...
The evolution of immunology enabled the study role innate and adaptive immunity in systems biology network immunosenescence inflammaging. Due to global reduction birth rates reduced mortality, year 2025 there will be about 1.2 billion people over age sixty, worldwide. notion that real is not chronological, but biological one led concept bioage, defining biologic reactivity resilience, including immune competence an individual. A competent network, systemic mucosal intrinsic resilience...