The sociological aspects of organization of operation of district psychiatrists in modern conditions

Abstract

The article presents results of sociological survey of district psychiatrists that revealed actual difficulties and shortcomings in organization of medical care for mental patients. The problem of personnel high workload, inopportuneness and inadequate completeness of necessary medical care of mental patients are explained by a number of difficulties in organization of functioning of psychoneurological organizations. They included not only shortage of personnel and unsatisfactory material technical support of mental institutions, but also incompleteness of normative legal support mental care organization. The physicians identified the following priority targets to be implemented in practice will eliminate a number of actual problems in district psychiatrist work: organization of procedure of interdepartmental interaction of various services (GUFSIN, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, social protection agencies, passport office), development and approval of procedure of dispensary observation of mental patients, approval of procedure of interaction with territorial polyclinics and full implementation of medical care standards for patients with mental disorders. The administration of neuropsychiatric organizations from position of systemic approach is a priority direction of improving quality of medical care for mental patients.