Demographic characteristics of the cohort of patients, receiving out-patient psychiatric help in regional medical consultative and diagnostic center of sub-arctic territory

• Published in: European Psychiatry
• Main Authors: Shapovalov, K., Shapovalova, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2017
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.864; https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0924933817308799?httpAccept=text/xml; https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0924933817308799?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0924933800210389

The analysis of mental health 5356 patients referred to the outpatient reception of a psychiatrist in the structure of the regional consultative diagnostic center. The structure of the patient, the psychiatrist received increased by 14.0% the proportion of initial applications (59.6%). The number of men has decreased in absolute terms, 1.84 times, and the relative by 10.4%, which led to the formation of a clear trend dominance of the female population of the territory. Men are turning mainly in the active working age 18–44 years (54.2%), while women are turning mainly aged 50 years and older (59.3%). This is explained by the peculiarities of the physiological, mental and emotional state at a certain age period of the female orgasm, as well as the prevailing female population of the region (5.6%) over the masculine. Statistically significant difference on the prevalence of urban agriculture is not set. Reduction adopted children under the age of 17 years from 62% to 16% is a result of filling in the municipalities vacancies child psychiatrists and can be evaluated as a positive result of the dynamic development of mental health services. At present, it formed the objective necessity of the development of community mental health as a result of growth in the number of mental illnesses. But this comes at the expense of lighter forms (outpatient options). Most exacerbations do not require compulsory hospitalization, as a rule. Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.