Cultural and social aspects of modern psychiatry (based on materials of XVII World congress of WPA)

During the held in October 2017 Congress of Berlin, much attention was paid to issues of cultural and social psychiatry. Transcultural problems rocked mental health of the indigenous population, clinical features of mental disorders: depression, alcoholism, psychosomatic disorders. In the discussion of issues of diagnosis and therapy the importance of culturally formulated interview in the qualifications of mental health was noted. Another important aspect of the research was data on mental health of children, the importance of large families in the social adaptation of children with mental disorders was noted. A large number of reports was devoted to the adaptation of the system of mental health in Europe to the needs of refugees. Social problems of psychiatry were reflected in the reports on the analysis of the work of mental health services in Belarus, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Kyrgyzstan. The issues of comorbidity, prevention, mental health education were raised.