CL Psychiatry

This Department is aimed at developing a regular educational program in Russia in Psychosomatic Psychiatry, teaching psychiatrists and psychologists world standards of psycho-social support and rehabilitation of the patients and their families.

There is a great need for such a school in Russia as the Russian postgraduate medical education system has no educational programs in this sphere that employs an integrative approach to somatic practices, which are now the standard for the treatment of patients in the USA and Europe.

The late diagnosis and treatment of comorbid psychological disorders in oncology and no psycho-emotional support, make the lives of patients and their families even harder. These factors also have a negative impact on medication compliance and treatment adherence, and cause intolerance towards the therapy side effects, thereby decreasing, the overall efficacy of the treatment .

Goals:

• Teaching professionals (doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses) the fundamentals of pharmacological treatment of comorbid psycho-social disorders and informing them of programs of psycho-social support for patients and their families in order to reduce distress and enhance their quality of life.
• Formation of a group of specialists, who can boost the educational programs on-site. The purpose of which is to train the clinicians to use an integrative approach in psychiatry, apply effective interaction techniques when treating patients  and  provide psychological and emotional support to the patients and their families.
• Compilation of educational materials and their translation into the Russian language for use in clinics and higher educational medical institutions.
• Development of regular postgraduate programs on psychosomatic psychiatry to produce certified specialists.

Training courses are delivered by the specialists in their own spheres together with the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) and the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (EAPM), and comply with international recommendations for educational programs in this medical sphere.