[Trends in mental health of residents in a big agricultural-industrial region].
The dynamics of mental health of the population of the Altai Territory evaluated within a ten-year study (1991-2000) revealed pronounced negative processes with the most essential ones being in the children and teenagers category. The complicated social-and-economic transformations conducted in Russian society during the last decade of the past century, which entailed the misadjusted response in a majority of population, exerted an unfavorable influence on the mental health condition. The authors suggested a system of measures and arrangements targeted at neutralizing the detected negative trends in the population mental health; the above system can be successfully used in any country's region.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D019456:Health Transition; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends