XVII Congress of Russian Psychiatrists (Together with Regional Congress of World Psychiatric Association) “Interdisciplinary Approach to Comorbidity of Mental Disorders on the Way to Integrative Treatment”, 2021 May 15–18, Saint Petersburg

Abstract

The aim of the paper was to provide an overview of the reports presented at the congress on the main problems of clinical and biological psychiatry. Discussion and conclusion: A representative forum of domestic psychiatrists and narcologists, psychotherapists and psychologists, organizers of psychiatric care and the leading scientists in the fi eld of clinical and biological psychiatry was held together with the Regional Congress of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA). The thematic diversity of the reports corresponded to the main problem, refl ected in the title of the congress. The opportunity to review and discuss achievements in scientifi c and practical activities of colleagues and to present their own data was the basis for summing up and identifying the prospects for protecting the mental health of the population at the current level of knowledge and using effective technologies.