title: [The development of idea of psychiatric care decentralization in late XIX - early XX centuries].
abstract: The article demonstrates that over a period of many years the development of national psychiatric care in Russia followed the course of centralization. During the Zemstvo self government period the principle of decentralization was proposed on purpose to make the psychiatric care more accessible for population.
mesh_terms: D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012425:Russia (Pre-1917)