Institute for Integrative Psychiatry

BASIC ACTIVITY

The basic activity of the Institute for Integrative Psychiatry is scientific activity in the field of biomedicine and health, i.e. psychiatry.  The institute consists of the following scientific-teaching units: TMS Laboratory, Neurofeedback laboratory, medico-biochemical laboratory, laboratory of medical diagnostics – internist and neurological, two stationary departments: male department of integrative psychiatry and female department of integrative psychiatry, Day hospital – Programme of integrative psychiatry and Day hospital for first-episode psychotic disorders, a library, reading room, information technology room, lecture rooms and class rooms.  

The programme of integrative psychiatry is carried out by a multidisciplinary team that is lead by a psychiatrist and consists of: psychologists, neurologists, medical staff with high school education and with higher education, work therapist, social worker and physiotherapist. Team work and an integrative approach are the key to timely identification of disorder diseases, treatment and rehabilitation. Special emphasis is put on comorbidities, especially with somatic diseases and disorders because they occur very frequently and compromise the course of the primary disease and interfere with the choice and effectiveness of the psychopharmacologic treatment. The treatment is conducted through personalised pharmacotherapy along with monitoring and supervision of interactions and side-effects, through group and individual psychotherapy, through cognitive behavioural therapy, work therapy, art therapy, physiotherapy and through group and individual work. The goal of this specific programme is to improve life quality, to reduce stigma and treatment expenses; it is scientifically proven that it reduces mortality and morbidity of chronic physical diseases with psychiatry patients and improves life quality. 

The University entrusted the teaching base Psychiatric hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Jankomir 11, 10 090 Zagreb, (www.pbsvi.hr) with the Institute for Integrative Psychiatry.

The Institute for Integrative Psychiatry executes scientific research in accordance with the priorities and development strategies of the Republic of Croatia and the EU. 

ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTES

Activities of the Institute include:

1. systematic scientific, developmental and expert research from the previously mentioned scientific fields, activities to promote public health,
2. scientific education and training, as well as maintenance and development of scientific infrastructure,
3. providing expert specialist and subspecialist services, including diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive and rehabilitative, 
4. compiling case studies and other studies, plans, strategies etc., providing advisory and supervising services, publishing and popularising results of scientific and expert research conducted within the Institute,
5. collaboration with the Croatian Society for Integrative Medicine and with national and international institutions when executing scientific research,
6. collaboration with higher education institutions when conducting undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate study programmes in accordance with the Law and the signed agreements with higher education institutions, organisation of international and national scientific and expert meetings, conferences, courses of permanent education, workshops etc.,
7. all other activities, foreseen by the Statute of the University in Osijek and the Statute of the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek,
8. teaching activities within undergraduate, graduate, integrated and postgraduate university study programmes at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek

TEACHING ACTIVITY 

The Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek of the University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek currently conducts several study programmes: integrated undergraduate and graduate university studies of dental medicine, undergraduate university study of nursing, graduate university study of nursing, undergraduate university study of physiotherapy, graduate university study of physiotherapy, undergraduate university study of dental hygiene and postgraduate studies.

The psychiatric hospital “Sveti Ivan” currently conducts the Postgraduate specialist study programme of Psychiatry. 

SCIENTIFIC EMPLOYEES OF THE INSTITUTE

When the Institute for Integrative Psychiatry was established, a certain number of scientists had to be employed pursuant to the Law. 

Members of the Institute in scientific-teaching grades are:

1. Prof. Aleksandar Včev, Prim. MD, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek., president of the department of physiopathology.,
2. Prof. Igor Filipčić, Prim. MD, PhD, spec. psychiatrist, president of the department of psychiatry at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, head of the Institute for Integrative psychiatry.,
3. Prof. Pavo Filaković, MD, PhD, spec. psychiatrist, vice dean for teaching base relations at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek.,
4. Ass. prof. Silvio Bašić, PhD, prof. at h.e.i., neurologist, president of the department of neurology and neurosurgery at theFaculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek.,
5. Ass. prof. Branka Restek Petrović, Prim. MD, PhD, spec. psychiatrist.,
6. Ass. prof. Ivan Miloloža, MD, PhD, vice dean for inter-institutional collaboration and development at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, president of the department of medical history, ethics and humanities.,
7. Associate prof. Marko Matijević, MD dent, PhD, spec. oral surgery.

Members of the Institute in associate grades are:

1. Vladimir Grošić, MD, PhD, spec. psychiatrist., 
2. Sandra Vuk Pisk, MD, PhD, spec. psychiatrist.,
3. Paola Presečki, MD, PhD, spec. psychiatrist.,
4. Sven Molnar, MD, PhD, spec. psychiatrist.,
5. Sandra Kocijan, MD, PhD, spec. psychiatrist.,
   
6. Majda Grah, prim. MD, PhD, spec. psychiatrist.,
7. Slobodanka Kezić, prim. MD, PhD, spec. psychiatrist.,
8. Davor Bodor, MD, PhD, spec. psychiatrist.,
9. Nedjeljka Ruljančić, PhD, spec. medical biochemistry.,
10. Sandra Zečević Penić, MD, PhD, neurologist.,
11. Damir Šebo, PhD, master of economics head of the department of administrative, general and technical matters at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek.,
12. Kristina Bosak, PhD, medical technician.,
13. Ena Ivezić, psychologist.,
14. Sandra Coha, medical technician.,
15. Ana Bedić, master of physiotherapy.