Assaultive acts committed by people with a mental illness is a major public health issue that affects patients with their families, law enforcement authorities, and the public at large. Failure to provide treatment is in fact a major predictor of assaultive acts in patients with schizophrenia living in the community. Considering that the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia have similar sociocultural characteristics, these factors may be reflected in individuals with schizophrenia who have committed serious assaultive acts in Uzbekistan. Objectives: The aim of the work was to identify the sociocultural and clinical characteristics of schizophrenic representatives of indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia who have committed violent crimes in Uzbekistan and have been found insane in regard to their offence, and to compare these subjects to ones belonging to the other ethnic groups. Material and methods: The data were collected in 2010–2013 in the Tashkent High Security Psychiatric Hospital via face-to-face interviews and also from the patients’ charts and from forensic psychiatric examination statements. Results: The sample consisted of 201 individuals. The sample was 90.1 percent (n = 181) male, with a predominance of the paranoid schizophrenia subtype according to the ICD-10 criteria. Of the subjects, 174 ones (86.6%) were representatives of the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia, and 27 ones (13.4%) were representatives of other ethnic groups. The duration of illness among the subjects belonging to the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia was less than in the other group; the individuals were rarely referred to psychiatric care because of the popularity of alternative medicine and the stigma attached to mental illness. A positive correlation between violence and various psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, and thought disorder, has also been demonstrated in this group. European Medical, Health and Pharmaceutical Journal ISSN 1804-5804 Conclusions: Sociocultural characteristics, such as delayed referral for psychiatric care because of the popularity of alternative medicine and the stigma attached to mental illness among the indigenous ethnic groups of Central Asia, frequently factor into committing serious acts of assault because of developing psychotic symptoms at the early stages of disease despite their sufficient socioenvironmental adaptation., Saida Yеshimbetova, Bulat Chembaev, and Literatura
Výsledkem činnosti projektu Ministerstva zdravotnictví "Kulatý stůl k budoucnosti financování českého zdravotnictví" se stala Zpráva o stavu, vývoji a výhledu zdravotnictví ČR. Článek přináší hypotézy o pokračování projektu a současně si klade otázky, zda se osud tzv. "Mátlovy komise" bude ubírat stejnou cestou jako Bezděkova komise, která měla připravit vládě podklady k provedení důchodové reformy. Autoři dokládají nezbytnost silnějšího propojení zdravotně sociální péče zejména v době probíhajících reforem zdravotních a sociálních. Důraz kladou na demografický vývoj se současným trendem geriatrizace společnosti, ke kterému musí být v uskutečňovaných reformách přihlíženo. Jako příklad současného přirozeného propojení zdravotní a sociální péče vidí činnost posudkového lékaře. Závěrem vyslovují domněnku, že nastává čas sociálních reforem i zdravotních reforem, jejichž úspěšnost závisí na uskutečnění sociálně zdravotních a zdravotně sociálních reforem., The Report on state, development and future prospects of Czech Health System has been a result of Ministry of Health project "Round table about future financing of Czech Health System". The article brings up hypothesis about continuing of the project and in the same time asks whether the destiny of so called Mátl Commission would be the same as of Bezděk Commission that should have provided the Government with the basic facts for carrying out Pension reform.Authors bring evidence for a necessary stronger connection of health social care especially in the time of current social and health reforms. They emphasize the fact of a demographic development where there is a trend of geriatrization of society which must be taken into account when carrying out the reform. An example of a current natural connection is an assessment doctor work. In conclusion they say there is a time of social and health reforms now whose success depends on carrying out social health and health reforms., Libuše Čeledová, Rostislav Čevela, and Lit.: 9