Focus on psychiatry in Poland. Past and present

The German occupation of Poland in 1939 was accompanied by the destruction of the existing medical system, and the first victims of the Nazi terror were psychiatric patients in hospitals – around 15 000 were exterminated and about 10 000 died as a result of malnourishment.

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 2000-10, Vol.177 (4), p.375-381
Main Authors: Balicki, M, Leder, S, Piotrowski, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcoholism
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Clinical psychology
Colleges & universities
Delivery of Health Care
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Hospitals
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Humans
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental Health Services - economics
Mental Health Services - legislation & jurisprudence
Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Patients
Poland
Population
Preventive medicine
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatry
Psychiatry - economics
Psychiatry - organization & administration
Psychotherapy
Rehabilitation
State Medicine - economics
Substance abuse treatment
Unemployment
Victims
Workforce
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Summary:The German occupation of Poland in 1939 was accompanied by the destruction of the existing medical system, and the first victims of the Nazi terror were psychiatric patients in hospitals – around 15 000 were exterminated and about 10 000 died as a result of malnourishment.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.177.4.375