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1998, tom 7, suplement 3
Original article
The development of forensic psychiatry in independent Latvia: Selected problems
INTA BIRULE1,
LIENA JORENA1
1. Łotewskiego Centrum Psychiatrii Sądowej w Rydze
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1998, 7, suplement 3 (8), 49-51
Keywords: Latvia, forensic psychiatry
Summary
The authors present the state of psychiatry in Latvia following the countries' regaining of independence in 1990. Latvian psychiatry was centrally-controlled from Moscow and suffered from a shortage of staff, research workers and institutions adequately prepared to hospitalize involuntarily committed patients. Actually, the Centre plans to develop facilities for compulsory treatment of exceptionally dangerous, mentally disturbed criminal offenders. Latvian psychiatrists want to change the procedures for patient examination and the legal regulations concerning export forensic psychiatrists.
Correspondence address
Dr Inta Birule,
Łotewskie Centrum Psychiatrii Sądowej,
Ryga, Łotwa
Łotewskie Centrum Psychiatrii Sądowej,
Ryga, Łotwa