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World mental health day as an effective element of the public health system. 30 years of experience and perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2025

V. F. Lebedeva ,
E. V. Gutkevich ,
O. A. Pavlova ,
S. V. Vladimirova ,
N. A. Bokhan  and
E. Mochalova
V. F. Lebedeva
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
E. V. Gutkevich
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences Tomsk State University
O. A. Pavlova
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
S. V. Vladimirova
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
N. A. Bokhan
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
E. Mochalova*
Affiliation:
Tomsk State University
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

During Open Day at Mental Health Research Institute in Tomsk, assistance was provided to many citizens of Siberia.

Objectives

to develop its algorithm.

Methods

An analysis of experience in holding Mental Health Day.

Results

Stage 1 – Preparatory: assessment of the prevalence of mental disorders; identification of the social challenges in the population that influence the growth of various forms of mental disorders; features of the functioning of general somatic health care services and psychiatric institutions, and their interaction.

Stage 2 – Information and methodological: conducting psychoeducational activities. The main topics are understanding mental health, the main risks, the first symptoms, ways to seek help. The anonymity, the free provision of services, the date, the form and method of the project are emphasized.

Stage 3 – Formation of the volume of services. A registration is made via telephone and electronic communications for those wishing to receive this help, indicating a specific and convenient time. This form of preliminary registration turned out to be logistically successful, aesthetically humane even under the conditions of sanitary and epidemiological restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stage 4 – Implementation of Mental Health Day: on Saturday, in the week 1 of October. Filling in the express questionnaires. Formation of the main flows by specialists: 1) with affective disorders, 2) schizophrenia, 3) psychosomatic disorders, 4) post-traumatic stress disorders, 5) with addictions to alcohol, psychoactive substances, 6) persons of gerontological age. Methods of assistance: advisory, therapeutic (inpatient, outpatient), psychological support, provision of social services.

Stage 5 – Assessing the effectiveness of logistics and the results of Open Day based on the results of a consultation, analysis of questionnaires, verification of mental disorders, assessment of the main risk factors, identification of vulnerable groups of the population for the development of mental disorders.

Stage 6 – Achieving the goal of the World Mental Health Day project.

Conclusions

An analysis of experience in holding Mental Health Day allowed us to develop its algorithm.

Disclosure of Interest

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European Psychiatry , Volume 68 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 33rd European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2025 , pp. S796
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