State Populism in Rural Hungary*

State of psychiatry in Hungary.

Hungary has a tradition both in biological psychiatry and psychotherapy, and for decades developed together with neurology. From the mid 1980s the speed of development of psychiatry started lagging behind expected standards. Psychiatric care, research and teaching were hit hard in 2007 by unprecedented closures of facilities and budget reductions. Although suicide rates have decreased since the...

Urban–rural Air Humidity Differences in Szeged, Hungary

Measurements of vapour pressure, taken four times a day over a 3-year period, were used to investigate the urban influence on diurnal and annual patterns of vapour pressure differences. The examined settlement is a medium-sized city without significant relief in the Great Hungarian Plain. Its regional climate is continental with a long warm season. On the basis of the results, the air in the ci...

Health handicaps and advantages of the rural population in Hungary.

In many countries rural health is an accepted part of the healthcare system and an independent discipline. In Hungary, rural health has been an important part of the healthcare system from the 19th Century. From the 1980s there have been reports of common problems in rural health internationally, such as accessibility, socio-economic inequalities and the influence of cultural background on acce...

The New Strategic Directions of Rural Development in Hungary

The notion of sustainability is the basis for our future possibilities. Local sustainability, in the centre of which can be found the livable settlement, is especially important in rural areas. Without developing rural areas, there is no developing society. The growth of the Earth’s population and the world economy has already surpassed the carrying capacity of this planet which may result in a...

Populism in guideline writing.