Training of psychiatrists in Eastern Europe: problems and solutions

Incidence of the Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders in the Russian Federation: Results of a Web-Based Survey of Psychiatrists

“…3 Comparison of proportions of respondents who used diagnoses of interest at least once a week in our study and in the Russian strata of the WPA–WHO survey. Results of the WPA–WHO ( N = 4887) [ 4 ], WPA–WHO Russian strata ( N = 220) and RSP (study population, N = 960) surveys are compared. The diagnosis of “acute stress reaction” was not included in the list of diagnostic categories of the WPA–WHO survey, so it was excluded from the comparison.…”

“…Recent publications have reported on the many challenges and barriers found in the mental health system in Russia in terms of organization, stigma, psychiatric training and socioeconomical changes [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Although the mental healthcare system in Russia is undergoing a transition from an institutional model to deinstitutionalized model, official statistics on the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders remain institution based and, according to an issue of the statistical bulletin of the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, only 2.7% of the Russian population utilized psychiatric system resources in 2018 [9].…”

The Implementation of the WHO Mental Health Gap Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) in Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyz Republic

“…General practitioners in Ukraine perceive that time spent on mental health at the university was not enough and express great interest in receiving additional mental health training [ 21 ]. In most countries of the East European WPA (World Psychiatric Association) zone, the unified system of continuous postgraduate education for general practitioners in mental health is absent [ 32 ]. Training programs for psychiatrists may need improvement as well [ 32 , 33 ].…”