The Draft of the Regional Mental Health Care System Development Plan for St. Petersburg Residents

Abstract

Nowadays, the regional psychiatric service is a main structured part of the mental health care system in Russia. The development of psychiatric service at the present stage is intended to contribute meaningfully to achievement of the goals of National projects:»Health Care» and «Demography». At the same time, abilities of Russian psychiatric service in mental health protection field are limited. Today, psychiatric service is lacking resources for social assistance for the patients, is unable to do psychoprophylactic and psychohygienic work, including work for vulnerable groups. At the present time, the development of the Russian mental health protection system is widely discussed among experts.

The draft of the Regional mental health care system development plan that is proposed by the authors of the article has been designed according to the characteristics of St. Petersburg, the region of the Russian Federation. The European mental health action plan (The Plan of the WHO) served as the basis for development of the thesis. The document contains a preamble, a main objectives section, a conclusion and an appendix. The justification for the development of the mental health care, based on the adapted provisions of the Plan of the WHO, domestic approaches and other informational materials, is provided in the preamble. The next section contains 4 objectives that are the most relevant for the region. Each objective has a plan of the key activities with a clarification regarding which otganisations are responsible for executing it. The activities are summarised in tables and are presented in the appendix. The material is published in reduced form.