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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="review-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Consortium PSYCHIATRICUM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Consortium PSYCHIATRICUM</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Consortium PSYCHIATRICUM</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2712-7672</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2713-2919</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">8631</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/CP8631</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>SPECIAL ARTICLE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СПЕЦИАЛЬНАЯ СТАТЬЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Review Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The mental health system in Bulgaria: socialist heritage and prospects</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Организация психиатрической помощи в Болгарии: социалистическое наследие и дальнейшие перспективы</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9975-3680</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Stoyanov</surname><given-names>Drozdstoj</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Стоянов</surname><given-names>Дроздстой</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="BG">Bulgaria</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, PhD, DSc, Full Professor, Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Medical University of Plovdiv</p></bio><email>stojanovpisevski@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nakov</surname><given-names>Vladimir</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Наков</surname><given-names>Владимир</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="BG">Bulgaria</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, PhD, Associate professor, Head of Department Mental Health, Division Mental Health and Prevention of Addictions, National Center of Public Health and Analyses</p></bio><email>stojanovpisevski@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Medical University of Plovdiv</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Пловдивский медицинский университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Center of Public Health and Analyses</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный центр общественного здоровья и анализа</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2023-06-27" publication-format="electronic"><day>27</day><month>06</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-07-10" publication-format="electronic"><day>10</day><month>07</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>4</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>115</fpage><lpage>124</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-05-11"><day>11</day><month>05</month><year>2023</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2023-06-19"><day>19</day><month>06</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Stoyanov D., Nakov V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Стоянов Д., Наков В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Stoyanov D., Nakov V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Стоянов Д., Наков В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://consortium-psy.com/jour/article/view/8631">https://consortium-psy.com/jour/article/view/8631</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article overviews the current system of psychiatric care in Bulgaria based on statistical data for the country. We attempted to look at the reality of the psychiatric care system in Bulgaria as regards its structural parts, the relationships between them, their resource provision, as well as its financing. Attention is focused on some practices and policies that seem inadequate to the needs of patients, their successful treatment, and successful social rehabilitation and integration. It can be said that in recent years the Bulgarian mental health care system has not changed much and that it has a long way to go. There are socio-economic difficulties in the country, and the system needs to evolve to improve the level of care provided to patients. More importantly, Bulgaria must invest in mental health education, in preventive psychiatry, and in developing a culture of clinical management and organization.</p> <p><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="#_ednref1"/></p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В настоящей статье представлен общий обзор системы психиатрической помощи в Болгарии на основании статистических данных по стране. Предпринята попытка рассмотреть структурные подразделения действующей системы, взаимоотношения между ними, их ресурсное обеспечение и финансирование. Особое внимание уделяется некоторым практическим подходам и принципам, которые, как представляется, в недостаточной мере учитывают потребности пациентов и не способствуют их успешному лечению, социальной реабилитации и интеграции. Можно утверждать, что в последние годы болгарская система психиатрической помощи не претерпела значимых изменений, и требуется еще много усилий по ее развитию. На фоне стоящих перед страной социально-экономических трудностей систему необходимо совершенствовать, с тем чтобы повысить качество предоставляемой пациентам помощи. Более того, государству следует увеличить инвестиции в образование, касающееся психического здоровья, в профилактическую психиатрию, а также в развитие культуры управления и организации в сфере здравоохранения.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>mental health</kwd><kwd>policies</kwd><kwd>health system</kwd><kwd>psychiatric care</kwd><kwd>Bulgaria</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>психическое здоровье</kwd><kwd>государственное управление</kwd><kwd>система здравоохранения</kwd><kwd>психиатрическая помощь</kwd><kwd>Болгария</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Dimitrova I, Nakov V. Psychiatric dispanserization in Socialist Bulgaria and its problematic legacy (Part One). 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