Features of rehabilitation work with mental patients are stated, the necessity of carrying out this process stepwise, special importance of resocialization of patients are mentioned. The analysis of rehabilitation service in the Republic of Tatarstan is given, advantages of semistationary forms of treatment are pointed out, especially to prevent hospitalism. The conclusion has been made that the former mental patient rehabilitation system was negatively influenced by the crisis in the system's structure, when special workshops for invalids at enterprises were closed due to social and economical difficulties. The question is raised on the necessity of elaborating a state programme for mental patient and invalid rehabilitation.
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