Citation

Ziherl S, Plesničar BK. International Psychiatry: Bulletin of the Board of International Affairs of the Royal College of Psy 2008; 5(3): 67-68.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

31507949

PMCID

PMC6734832

Abstract

Slovenia, with an area of 20 000 km2 and a population of 2 million, is one of the smallest members of the European Union. It gained its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. The country has a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$27 300 per capita. (Largely because of its historical links with Western Europe, Slovenia has a higher GPD compared with other countries in transition in Central Europe.) The health budget represents 8.4% of GDP. Slovenia has a low birth rate and an ageing population. It is divided into 210 municipalities; however, the reorganisation of government into several separate regions with more administrative and economic autonomy is in progress. The prevalence of mental illness is comparable to that in other European countries, although there are high levels of alcoholism and suicide.

Language: en