TY - JOUR T1 - POst-soviet reform of mental health services AU - Friedrich MJ Y1 - 2013/02/20 N1 - 10.1001/jama.2013.1020 JO - JAMA SP - 649 EP - 649 VL - 309 IS - 7 N2 - A civil war, lack of funding, and other obstacles have slowed efforts to transform Georgia's mental health care system from the old Soviet structure into a more humane system. Until recently, many patients with mental health issues were warehoused in poorly run institutions, where many were left to die. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.1020 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.1020 ER -