On October 10, 2023, Institute of Public Health and Professional Health of NCJSC “KMU” hosted a hybrid scientific and practical conference dedicated to World Mental Health Day. The event observed annually is intended draw attention to the issues related to the person’s mental state and support people with such conditions. In 2023, the event is held under the motto: "Mental health is a universal human right."

The conference was organized by the staff of the Psychiatry course of the Department of Neurology, Psychiatry and Rehabilitation, the Institute of Public Health and Professional Health the Department of Family Medicine of NCJSC "Karaganda Medical University".

Face-to-face and online participants of the conference were psychiatrists, general practitioners, students and residents of the specialties "General Medical Practice" and "Child and Adult Psychiatry", teachers of medical universities and colleges of different cities of Kazakhstan, the total attendance was 245 people: The issues of  the integration of mental health services in primary healthcare, modern aspects of clinical psychiatry were discussed at the Conference. Special attention was paid to regulatory documents, legal aspects of psychiatric services of the Republic of Kazakhstan, destigmatization, formation of compliance of persons with mental disorders. The reports on these topics were made by the staff of the course of psychiatry, resident doctors-psychiatrists of the second year of study. The information unit with materials on the topic was prepared and handed over to the conference attendees, the course of psychiatry of  NCJSC “KMU” offers advanced training on the topic "Psychiatry in the practice of GP".

Associate Professor

of the Department of Neurology, Psychiatry and Rehabilitation L.L. Matsievskaya