Disability of the population in mental disorders

Abstract

RELEVANCE: The original article analyzes the disability of the population with mental disorders. Disability due to mental and behavioral disorders in the Russian Federation in the period 20042021 was studied. The mental health of the population reflects the level of public health, being an indicator of social well-being. Currently, every 10th inhabitant of the planet suffers from mental disorders, and every fourth will meet with them at one time or another period of life.
 THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: was to analyze the trends in disability in mental disorders in four groups: 1, 2, 3 and children.
 RESULTS: In a retrospective analysis, there was a first-time identified disability of the population with behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disorders and physical factors in group 1 was not encountered, in the second group it occurred in 2011, in 2012, in 2014, in group 3 in 2016, in 2021, in children in 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, in 2021. It was established that the greatest disability was provided by mental retardation with a pronounced upward trend in general disability for the first group, newly diagnosed disability for the first, third and children. In the demographic structure of mental retardation, men predominated, children ranked second, women third.
 CONCLUSION: There is a need to develop programs of medical and social assistance for disabled people with mental disorders. It is necessary to form medical and psychological measures for primary prevention, as well as to improve the quality of public education on mental health issues.