title: [A role of Russian psychiatrists in the formation of forensic psychiatry in Russia in the beginning of XIX century].
abstract: The formation of forensic psychiatry knowledge as a special area of concern was due to fundamental changes in the social, economic and political life of Russia society. It reflected public awareness of the urgent need in solving the problem of support, preserve and maintain the mental health of the people. Forensic psychiatry was based on the development of psychiatry, public health and community medicine. Author describes of the role of Russian psychiatrists in the formation of forensic psychiatry, their active particitpation in internation professional meetings and in the development of the problem of responsibility.
authors.affiliation: Medical Department of the Ministry of Interior Affers of the Russian Federation, Moscow.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Bezchasniy
mesh_terms: D001877:Books / Q000266:history; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D012425:Russia (Pre-1917)