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Department of Psychiatry and Narcology

Department of Psychiatry and Narcology

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DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND SUBSTANCE ADDICTION of Sechenov University is the oldest educational institution of Moscow providing training in full range of specialties related to psychiatry and substance addiction. Higher education programs of all existing levels are implemented from undergraduate, specialist and master programs to clinical residency programs and CME. More than 90% of lecturers have postgraduate degrees. Department has all up-to-date training facilities, including teaching hospital for 180 patients. The teaching programs are based on humanistic traditions of Korsakow school and “no restraint” principle.

Employees of the Department of Psychiatry and Addiction conduct a great consultative and diagnostic work. They are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of mental and narcological disorders: schizophrenia, depression, mental disorders due to epilepsy, injuries, tumors, intoxications, neuroses, personality disorders, psychosomatic disorders, addiction diseases (alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling), insomnia, age-related changes psyche, memory disorders.

The main directions of scientific activity of the department staff in the field of “narcology” are the following:

Development of differentiated therapeutic programs aimed at the prevention of early relapses and the achievement of persistent remissions in drug addiction and alcoholism.
The study of the characteristics of the formation, clinic and course of drug and substance abuse and their therapy.
The study of clinical features, patterns of the course of alcoholism and drug addiction, taking into account gender and age characteristics, the development of differentiated methods of therapy.
Development of psychotherapeutic treatment programs for drug patients.
Study of clinical features, structure, pathogenesis and pathomorphosis of severe conditions in drug addicts requiring immediate medical care, as well as the development of new and improvement of existing methods of drug and non-drug treatment of emergency conditions in narcology.
The department has created a large bank of educational videos and dozens of educational films, developed and widely used original computer test training and monitoring programs.