This article is a brief overview of the literature on mental disorders among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We studied the nature of the relationship of mental disorders with coronavirus infection, assessed the pandemic in terms of stressful events, and discussed the prevalence of stress disorders, symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorders among healthcare workers. Risk factors and protection factors for these mental disorders are also assessed.

This article is a brief overview of the issue of informatization of narcological practice in the Republic of Kazakhstan, in particular, the informatization of the procedure of medical examination for alcohol or drug intoxication. A brief description of the information system «Electronic Medical Examination System», as well as an analysis of the data collected during its application, is presented.

This study assesses the severity of psychopathological symptoms among the groups in strict quarantine and the population without self-isolation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. From April 18 to June 15, 2020, an online survey was conducted using the symptomatic questionnaire (SCL-90-R) adapted by N. V. Tarabrina in a sample of 837 residents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and other states. 426 respondents followed the strict regime of self-isolation at home; 302 were on self-isolation, but could go to work; 109 were not subjected to self-isolation. As a result, the indices of anxiety, depression, somatization, obsessive-compulsive disorders, hostility, psychoticism, and the general index of severity were significantly higher in those in strict quarantine than in those without self-isolation (p<0.05). Therefore, there is a need to organize accessible psychiatric and psychological support for the population under conditions of quarantine.