精神专科医院在公共精神卫生工作中的职能探讨

The Discussion on the Function of the Public Mental Health Work in the Psychiatric Hospitals

精神障碍已经成为一个重要的公共卫生问题和较突出的社会问题。目前,我国很多地区都在积极推动公共精神卫生服务实践工作,取得了一定的成就,但仍处于发展与探索阶段。精神专科医院承担着精神障碍患者的治疗、预防、康复等职能,在公共精神卫生工作中有着十分重要的地位,履行公共精神卫生职能是精神专科医院义不容辞的责任。本文拟从完善组织体系、开展健康教育、参与重性精神疾病监测管理、提高应对突发事件能力、建立网络监测、加强效果评估、开展流行病学调查、加强科学研究八个方面来探讨精神专科医院如何履行公共精神卫生职能。

Mental disorders have become an important public health problem and a prominent social problem.At present,many areas in China are actively promoting the public mental health service practice,and achieved some success,but still in the stage of development and exploration.Psychiatric hospital bears the treatment of mental disorders,prevention,rehabilitation and other functions,and has a very important position in the public mental health work,to fulfill the functions of public mental health is the bounden duty of psychiatric hospital.This paper tries to find out that how psychiatric hospitals can fulfill the functions of public mental health in eight ways which are listed as perfecting the organizational system,initiating the health education,participating in monitoring the management of severe mental illness and improving the ability to respond to emergencies,networking monitoring,strengthening impact assessment,carrying out epidemiological investigations and strengthening scientific research.