[Childhood disability due to mental disorders in the Arkhangelsk region: structural and dynamic trends]. / Detskaya invalidnost' vsledstvie psikhicheskikh rasstroistv v Arkhangel'skoi oblasti: strukturno-dinamicheskie tendentsii.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the structural-dynamic trends in disability in children aged 0-14 and 15-17 in the Arkhangelsk region (AO) over the period 2010-2020. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The age-standardized rates of primary and total disability calculated on the basis of the official statistical data presented in the form No.19 «Statistics on Disabled Children¼ for 2010-2020 in AO excluding Nenets autonomous district.and Russian Federation (RF), section «Mental disorders and conduct disorder¼ (F00-F99 according to ICD-10) were used. Age-specific population data were taken from the Russian database on fertility and mortality. The methods of econometric and statistical analysis (the index method, the Irwin method, the Chow test) were used. RESULTS: In the Arkhangelsk Oblast, as well as in the whole country, there has been a growth in disability rates over the last decade. The level of the general children's disability in AO was lower than in the RF on the average by 25.7 (±3.45)%. The age groups 5-9 (6.03%) and 15-17 (3.70%) years contribute mostly to the ten-year trend in the overall rate of mental disabilities. The increase in childhood disability due to mental disorders was 13.96% over 2010-2019, with this increase being due to so-called 'other mental disorders' (all mental disorders other than mental retardation) by 27.29%, while the dynamic contribution of disability due to mental retardation (F70-F79) was negative (-13.32%). CONCLUSION: The dynamics of total disability in children due to mental disorders in the AO has a common with the Russian average upward trend at a lower level. The age groups 5-9 and 15-17 years old have the greatest significance for the dynamic changes in the general disability of children due to mental disorders. The leading nosological group responsible for the ten-year increase in disability due to mental disorders is «other mental disorders¼.

[The quality of research publications in psychiatry]. / Kachestvo issledovatel'skikh publikatsii v psikhiatrii.

AIM: To evaluate the quality of research articles in psychiatry and addiction medicine published in 2015. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Five experts analyzed 51 research publications from 13 psychiatric and addiction medicine journals using a standardized questionnaire, which contains 4 general questions (type or results of the study) and 21 questions on the quality of the study. RESULTS: Only 2 articles (4%) met all criteria, 64% of the articles refer to the methodologically least demonstrative (uncontrolled/one-time, series of cases, non-randomized). The most vulnerable were the characteristics which were the most important for evidence: a description of the methods, statistical analysis, accounting for systematic errors and/or side effects, the distribution of patients by group. CONCLUSION: Research publications in psychiatry and addiction medicine have a low level of evidence.

[Incidence of alcoholic psychoses, mortality from alcoholic poisonings and diseases of the liver and in Russia].

Authors studied the influence of availability of beer on mortality from alcoholic poisonings, diseases of a liver and incidence of alcoholic psychoses in Russia during 1995-2011. Time series analysis was performed using the method of ARIMA. There were no significant associations between the availability of beer and levels of mortality and morbidity.

Incidence of tuberculosis and associations with indicators of alcohol consumption in three regions of northwest Russia in 1975-2009: a time-series analysis.

BACKGROUND: Alcohol has several social consequences that are associated with increased risk of tuberculosis. However, there have been no studies assessing the links between tuberculosis and alcohol consumption in northwest Russia. The aim of this study was to assess associations between the incidence of tuberculosis and indicators of alcohol consumption in three regions of northwest Russia. METHODS: The study was performed in Arkhangelsk, Murmansk and Vologda regions using the data from 1975 to 2009. Deaths from alcohol poisoning and the incidence of alcohol psychoses were used as indicators of alcohol consumption. Associations between the incidence of tuberculosis and the above mentioned indicators were studied using time-series analysis. RESULTS: We identified significant positive associations between the incidence of tuberculosis and the incidence of alcohol psychoses in the same year in Arkhangelsk region (ß = 0.24, 95% CI: 0.10-0.37) and in Vologda region (ß = 0.18, 95% CI: 0.10-0.25), but not in Murmansk region. CONCLUSIONS: We found an association between the incidence of alcohol psychoses and the incidence of tuberculosis in the same year in Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions suggesting an indirect link between excessive levels of alcohol consumption and the incidence of tuberculosis in Russia.

[The suicide mortality and alcoholism in the Murmansk oblast].

The qualitative evaluation of suicide mortality of population of the Murmansk oblast was made concerning the age group of 15 year and older and related to alcohol consumption during 1975-2010. The technique of ARIMA was applied to analyze time-series. It is established that the alcohol consumption is related to 33.4% of overall suicide mortality, to 29.4% of female mortality and 23.3% of male mortality. The possibility of existence of the northern gradient of suicide mortality conditioned by alcohol consumption among female population is demonstrated. The stronger relationships between alcohol consumption and suicides are established in female population as compared with male population.