[The bases for the sociomedical rehabilitation of patients with affective disorders].

Different views are presented on the issue of delivering psychiatric services under present-day conditions. The necessity is substantiated to develop medical and social services to be provided to mental patients. The author submits data on the prevalence of mental disturbances, degree of disability, efficiency of biologic methods of therapy. Described in the paper are problems of organization of psychiatric services intended for patients with affective disorders, with objectives and tasks of medical and social rehabilitative services on a town/city scale being substantiated.