Psychiatria Danubina
Volume 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 443-445

Mental illness and ethnicity - Being a stateless person (Apatride) (Conference Paper)

Jengić V.Š. , Jonovska S.* , Perkić N.
  • a Psychiatric Hospital Rab, Kampor 224, 51280 Rab, Croatia
  • b Psychiatric Hospital Rab, Kampor 224, 51280 Rab, Croatia
  • c Psychiatric Hospital Rab, Kampor 224, 51280 Rab, Croatia

Abstract

The main aim of this study has been to perceive the state of mentally ill stateless person hospitalized in Psychiatric Hospital Rab, Croatia with forensic status. This is a case report of such a person, F.V., 25 years old female, with no documents and other affirmed auto and heteroanamnestic data. Her psychical state and ability of communication do hot allow realization of certain autoanamnesis and in the same time she has no family or relatives to give heteroanamnestic data. It is also unknown exact date and place of birth. Only certain data were that she lived in many orphanages, refugees' camps and communes in several European countries. She immigrated illegally in Croatia where she has made some criminal acts and earned forensic status. We tried to evaluated the complex status of our patient from several points of view and tried to answer to the questions where to start and what to do with such a person to do the best for her and including her human rights. As a conclusion, we could say that holistic and individual approach to such patients has been necessary with engagement of many profiles of professionals. © Medicinska naklada - Zagreb, Croatia.

Author Keywords

Ethnicity Mental illness Forensic status

Index Keywords

hospitalization refugee Croatia Europe human immigration Refugees Ethnic Groups levomepromazine diazepam borderline state Mental Disorders human rights psychotherapy mental disease forensic medicine Humans case report female counter transference Conference Paper Mentally Ill Persons clozapine Occupational Therapy adult neuroleptic agent Emigration and Immigration ethnicity anamnesis criminal behavior crime sociotherapy forensic psychiatry Hospitals, Psychiatric

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ISSN: 03535053
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English