RESOURCE PROVISION OF PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE IN MOSCOW IN 2009—2023

The authors analyze the number, dynamics and structure of medical personnel providing psychiatric and psychological care in organizations subordinate to the Moscow Healthcare Department in 2009-2023, evaluate the changes in the bed fund and the number of visits, and predicts the number of medical personnel at the end of 2025. It was concluded that the resource provision psychiatric and psychological care in Moscow is at a high level, and in 15 years the number of employed doctors in the field has increased by 26.44%. The changes in the structure were influenced by a decrease in the number and proportion of psychotherapists and an increase in the number of psychologists. Psychiatric and psychological care in the capital has changed its focus from inpatient therapy to inpatient replacement: the number of discharged patients from day hospitals in 2013-2023 increased in 2.42 times, and at the same time, over the same period, the hospital bed stock and bed days spent, on the contrary, decreased by 46.04% and 45.70%, respectively. It is expected that by the end of 2025, the number of medical personnel in the industry will increase by 12%.