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Updated: Jan 19, 2026
Stress and Mental Health
Mental health law in Serbia - an important step towards destigmatisation
Dusica Lecic Tosevski1, Saveta Draganic Gajic2, Milica Pejovic Milovancevic2
1Professor, Belgrade University School of Medicine; Director, Institute of Mental Health, WHO Collaborating Centre, Belgrade, Serbia, email dusica.lecictosevski@eunet.rs.
Abstract:
Serbia has, along with other countries in the region, begun reform of its mental healthcare services. The delivery of mental healthcare was hitherto only partially regulated by law. Hence the National Committee for Mental Healthcare in Serbia has prepared a draft Mental Health Law within the context of a multicentre project entitled 'Enhancing social cohesion through strengthening community care' as part of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. It is expected that new mental health legislation will soon be approved by Parliament and lead to the implementation of changes concerning mental healthcare. It should contribute to the destigmatisation of patients, mental health professionals and psychiatry as a discipline.
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