A European Project on
Human Rights and Physical Health
of Residents in Psychiatric and Social Care Institutions
Funded by
the European Commission, DG Sanco
a project funded by the European Commission

Clinic of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT

Clinic of Psychiatry of Vilnius University (VU) has 15 years experience in research and training of professionals in mental health.
Main research areas focus on development and evaluation of community-based services for people with severe mental illness.
Within the last 5 years Prof. Dainius Puras and Dr. Arunas Germanavicius were involved in regional projects (collaborating with Mental Disability Advocacy Centre in Budapest) on assessment of human rights in mental health institutions in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Kaliningrad region (Russia), as well as in 4 Pan-European research projects.

A report on human rights is available in Lithuanian and in English.

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Historical Remarks

Mission Statement