АННОТАЦИЯ
The mental health field in Russia has gone through a transformation, starting with its pioneers Sechenov, Bechterev, and Vygotsky. During the Soviet era, psychiatry and psychology were politicized, and Freud and psychoanalysis were forbidden. In the perestroika years, there was more exposure to American, as well as West-European psychotherapy schools, and the emphasis was on psychogenetic psychotherapy. Today, the field is expanding, as have training programs and professional journals. Many challenges remain, such as accreditation of training programs, title protection, and licensure, which are all non-existent. Issues of trust to professionalism of psychologists, therapists and breaches of confidentiality, the absence of custom to apply for psychotherapeutic help as well as the use of unofficial healers, have made mental health practice less popular in Russia than in the United States.
ЦИТАТА
Jordan, K. Mental health care in Russia: Then and now / K. Jordan, A. Makhnach // Family Therapy Magazine. – 2005. – Т. 4(1). – № 1. – P. 33-37
