Psychiatric help to psychotraumatized persons during and after war in Croatia.

Aim: To present organization of psychosocial support and treatment of traumatized persons during and after the 1991-1995 war in Croatia.

Method: Description of application and results of community-based National Program of Psychosocial Help to War Victims, and retrospective analysis of hospitalizations for psychotrauma at the National Center for Psychotrauma, Dubrava University Hospital.

Results: During the 1991-1995 war in Croatia, the population faced severe traumatic events, and the need for organized psychosocial help to traumatized persons was great.