[The future of psychiatric hospitals]

We are of the opinion that it is less important whether a large mental hospital is regionalized or not, but whether it is possible to realize the principle of universal psychiatric protection as a "unity of responsibilities of all subjects who take part in the protection of mental health and the society in the whole" by improvement and advancement of the existing system. We accept the opinion that the internal organization of mental hospitals has to be changed by organizing hospitals wards with 30-50 beds. We consider that in a perspective organization of psychiatric protection of all institutions (large hospitals, clinic, psychiatric wards of general hospitals, dispensaries and health centers) have their role and that the achieved level of the protection greatly depends on socio-economic level and possibilities.