Outlining mental health issues related to femicide prevention

Jovanović, Slađana (2025) Outlining mental health issues related to femicide prevention. In: The right to health / edited by Zoran Pavlović. Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research ; Bar Association of Vojvodina ; Branch of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade ; Novi Sad, pp. 151-166. ISBN 978-86-905844-4-4

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Abstract

Author outlines the problems in coping with relevant mental health issues linked to femicide in intimate partner/family violence context. One of them is related to firearms control and the other one to insufficient, unsatisfactory managing and protection of mental health care in Serbia in general, as well as neglecting and minimizing its relation to femicide. The general, starting thesis is that mental health care in Serbia is not at the satisfactory level, even though some interventions could be made quite easily, thus contributing to better protection of victims. In brief, respecting the right to health of the individuals with mental health problems, promotion activities, adequate care, monitoring and evaluation are expected to be effective (in synergy with other measures aimed at social factors as cruicial) in preventing and combating femicide.

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