As a part of the B&H Mental Health Project, the Agency for Certification, Accreditation and Health Care Improvement of the Republic of Srpska is undertaking activities on achieving the C1 goal related to improvement of understanding of managers of primary health centres (DZ) and social welfare centres on importance and role of mental health centres within DZ organizational structure and establishment of better cooperation between mental health centres and other DZ medical services, other relevant sectors and local community.
The first series of seminars with subject “The Importance and Role of Mental Health Centres within DZ” was organised in December 2010 in three regional centres (Istocno Sarajevo, Teslic and Banja Luka) with participation of representatives of mental health centres, primary health centres, social welfare centres and psychiatric clinics.The secondseries of seminars, that gathered the same participants, was organised in June 2011 in Banja Luka, Trebinje and Teslic.
The third series of seminars organized by ASKVA will be held on November 9, 2011 at the San Hotel in Laktasi and on November 14, 2011 at the Kardial Hotel in Teslic. The participants will have an opportunity to listen to lectures on psychosomatic consequences of psychiatric disorders, experiences on implementation of the RS Development Strategy on Mental Health Care, activities of centre for social welfare in the field of comprehensive care of patients with mental disorders, as well as to recall all previous Agency’s activities on this project.