In accordance with the new procedure developed by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for medical examinations of citizens after admission to a particular job or periodically throughout their entire working life, employers will be required to send their employees for psychiatric screening if there are signs of mental illness. found during a professional examination or employment. Publisher reports “Kommersant”.
The Ministry of Health’s certificate, which entered into force on March 1, 2023 and is valid until March 1, 2029, covers workers employed in hazardous production, traffic-related jobs and employees of organizations in the food sector. , food and trade, water supply facilities, medical establishments and children’s institutions and some other industries.
The new procedure establishes the standard rules for conducting examinations: their frequency, the composition of the medical commission, the list of medical contraindications for performing certain work.
At the same time, if, as follows from Annex 1 to the order, an employee or citizen entering the labor force was found to have “mental disorders, psychiatric contraindications or symptoms for certain types of professional activity”, the employer was obliged to send for a psychiatric examination.
The new procedure allows relatives of a person who is an immediate danger to himself or others because of mental illness, as well as doctors of any specialty, officials and “other citizens” in emergencies to testify orally to psychiatrists. need for psychiatric examination. In this case, the psychiatrist should make a decision immediately. If the potential patient’s condition is not acute, the application must be made in writing.
Experts suggest that the introduction of the examination procedure can be seen as a response to the decline in the general mental health level of the population of the Russian Federation due to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the growing geopolitical conflict and pressure of sanctions.
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