[The first psychiatrists in Serbia]

Srp Arh Celok Lek. 2006 Sep-Oct;134(9-10):457-65.
[Article in Serbian]

Abstract

Founders of modern Serbian psychiatry came from the first psychiatric hospital named "Home for the lost minded" established at Guberevac, Belgrade, in 1861. The physicians were Laza K. Lazarevid, Dr. Mladen Janković, Dr. Jovan Danić, Dr. Vojislav Mladi Subotić and Dr. Dusan Stojimirović. At first, Clinic for Psychic and Mental Disorders was located at Guberevac, where Vladimir Vujić worked as an assistant lecturer of psychiatry. First professors of the University of Belgrade were Dr. Laza Stanojević, Dr. Vladimir Vujid, Dr. Uros Jekić, and Dr. Jovan Ristić. They actively contributed to changes in psychiatry, followed mental-hygienic attitudes and were holders of progress and humanization in psychiatry.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article
  • Portrait

MeSH terms

  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Hospitals, Psychiatric / history
  • Psychiatry / history*
  • Yugoslavia