[The Mental Health and Chronic Infectious Diseases]
S A Nikiforov1, A M Allenov1,2, A A Arestova3,2
1The Higher School of Management of the Institute of Leadership and Health Care Management of the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education «The I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University» (Sechenov University) of Minzdrav of Russia, 115409, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
Actually, the problem of decreasing growing burden of NCD is especially acute both worldwide and in the Russian Federation. According to the results of scientific research in recent decades, mental disorders are increasingly considered as the new main group of CNCDs. The article presents data from scientific publications concerning issues of relationship between mental and somatic health, corresponding key research approaches, prevention and treatment of mental diseases, including associated with the main groups of CNCDs, effect of borderline mental disorders on body systems functioning.
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