[Activities of the department for psychiatric patients with severe somatic diseases]. / Deiatel'nost' otdelenii dlia psikhicheskikh bol'nykh s tiazhelymi somaticheskimi zabolevaniiami.

ABSTRACT

Organizational forms of health care delivery for patients with combined somatic and mental pathology have been analyzed. The characteristics of the system of referrals, hospital admissions and treatment in psychiatric departments for patients with combined severe somatic and mental pathology is described. The basic tasks and functions of such departments are listed. Somatic diseases are presented according to the groups of diseases, most frequently occurring in mentally ill patients.