EPA-1026 - Contemporary Psychotherapy in Ukraine, Problems and Prospects

Abstract

Thepsychotherapeutic care in Ukraine is carried out in structure specialized psychiatric, psychoneurological and somatic hospitals and polyclinics of public health services.

In 2011 parameters of mental illness and disturbances of behavior was 243,6 per 100 thousand population and incomparison with 2005 - 252,9 per 100 thousand population.

Instructure of parameters of mental illness and disturbances of behavior, in 2011(71,6% or 174,4 per 100 thousand population) prevailed nonpsychotic.

The basic organizational unit of the psychotherapeutic care is the cabinet of psychotherapy, which common number on 1.01.2009 year was 317, from them at the psychiatric network 132 (42%), at the somatic - 185 (that makes about 58%). The psychotherapeutic care is carried out within the limits of medical and psychological model.

Thus since 1997 the specialty medical psychology and a staff of the doctor-psychologist is entered.

Nowin a medical network there are medical psychologists with medical education(181 person) and psychological (559 person) education in parallel work.

The basic problem is defficiency posts of psychotherapists in specialized and somatic networks according to operating specifications. The general deficiency of staff makes 1000 persons.

The psychotherapeutic network requires immediate expansion, especially in somatic treatment-and-prophylactic hospitals and polyclinics.

For these reason the psychological model of psychotherapy must by inpriority and certain capacity of psychiatrist must be retrained in psychotherapy.