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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Consortium PSYCHIATRICUM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Consortium PSYCHIATRICUM</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Consortium PSYCHIATRICUM</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2712-7672</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2713-2919</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">34</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17650/2712-7672-2020-1-1-71-77</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>SPECIAL ARTICLE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СПЕЦИАЛЬНАЯ СТАТЬЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Unknown</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Community mental healthcare in Lebanon</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Амбулаторная психиатрическая служба в Ливане</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4529-6840</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>El-Khoury</surname><given-names>Joseph</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Эль-Хури</surname><given-names>Джозеф</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="LB">Lebanon</country></address><email>je47@aub.edu.lb</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Haidar</surname><given-names>Riwa</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Хайдар</surname><given-names>Рива</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="LB">Lebanon</country></address><email>riwa.haydar@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5785-8225</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Charara</surname><given-names>Raghid</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Чарара</surname><given-names>Рагид</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="LB">Lebanon</country></address><email>rc37@aub.edu.lb</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Кафедра психиатрии, Медицинский центр Американского университета Бейрута</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-09-02" publication-format="electronic"><day>02</day><month>09</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>1</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>71</fpage><lpage>77</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-09-01"><day>01</day><month>09</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, El-Khoury J., Haidar R., Charara R.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Эль-Хури Д., Хайдар Р., Чарара Р.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">El-Khoury J., Haidar R., Charara R.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эль-Хури Д., Хайдар Р., Чарара Р.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://consortium-psy.com/jour/article/view/34">https://consortium-psy.com/jour/article/view/34</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Lebanon is a medium-income country in the Eastern Mediterranean which has seen a surge in interest in mental health over the past two decades following years of stagnation. The mental health needs of the country at primary care level and for severe psychiatric disorders are underserved. Political instability, chronic underfunding and widespread stigma have all contributed to maintaining a traditional model of private clinics affiliated with inpatient and long-stay psychiatric units. A number of initiatives have recently been launched to cater for patients with psychotic disorders and also to offer partial hospitalization for others with mood-related conditions. In parallel, the Ministry of Public Health, with international funding, has been instrumental in its efforts to standardize care at a national level, particularly for early detection and treatment in primary care settings. The priorities of the national mental health programme are consistent with the global trend in shifting services to the community. Hurdles remain, in line with those facing countries with similar socio-demographics and resources. These include limited third-party coverage of mental health, absence of training opportunities in multidisciplinary community settings and some clinicians’ reluctance to update their ways of working. Development of a local workforce, familiar with evidence-based models of care and dedicated to providing a patient-centred approach in the least restrictive settings, is essential for consolidating community care in Lebanon. This would be reinforced by (overdue) legislation and implementation of a mental health law. </p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Ливан – страна со средним уровнем доходов, расположенная в восточной части Средизем-номорья. В последние 20 лет, после долгого периода стагнации, в Ливане наблюдается рост интереса к вопросам психического здоровья. Потребности страны в психиатрической помо-щи на уровне первичного звена здравоохранения, а также при лечении тяжелых психических расстройств удовлетворяются недостаточно. Политическая нестабильность, хроническое недофинансирование, повсеместная стигматизация больных – все эти факторы вносят вклад в поддержание традиционной модели, когда частные клиники существуют при психиатриче-ских стационарах и стационарах длительного пребывания пациентов. Недавно в стране началась реализация ряда инициатив, нацеленных на помощь пациентам с психотическими рас-стройствами, а также на обеспечение частичной госпитализации пациентов с аффективными расстройствами. Параллельно с этим Министерство здравоохранения страны, опираясь на международное финансирование, успешно реализует программу стандартизации психиатри-ческой и психологической помощи на национальном уровне, уделяя особое внимание мерам по раннему выявлению расстройств и лечению в системе первичной медицинской помощи. Приоритеты национальной программы по охране психического здоровья согласуются с общемировой тенденцией приближения помощи к месту жительства пациента. Тем не менее, как и в странах со сходными социально-демографическими характеристиками и ресурсами, в Ливане сохраняется ряд проблем. В частности, это проблемы, связанные с ограничениями страхового покрытия психических расстройств, отсутствием обучения работников в усло-виях междисциплинарных команд в амбулаторном звене и нежеланием некоторых врачей осваивать новые методы работы. Для развития в Ливане системы помощи по месту жительства необходимо увеличение численности персонала, знакомого с научно обоснованными методами и работающего в пациент-центрированном подходе в минимально ограничиваю-щих пациента условиях. Содействовать этому должен закон о психиатрической помощи, необходимость в разработке и принятии которого давно назрела.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>community mental health</kwd><kwd>psychiatric services</kwd><kwd>Eastern Mediterranean</kwd><kwd>Lebanon</kwd><kwd>global mental health</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>амбулаторная психиатрическая помощь</kwd><kwd>психиатрическая служба</kwd><kwd>Восточное Средиземноморье</kwd><kwd>Ливан</kwd><kwd>глобальное психическое здоровье</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Results. Available at http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Karam EG, Mneimneh ZN, Karam AN, Fayyad JA, Nasser SC, Chatterji S, Kessler RC. 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