Decision of the I International Symposium on Rehabilitation of Neurological and Mental Patients

Diseases of the nervous system and mental illnesses that affect millions of people in Russia often lead to severe functional defects, severe social and mental maladaptation, and drastically reduce the quality of life of patients. The use of rehabilitation measures allows the vast majority of neurological patients to restore the skills of self-care and independent movement and return a significant part of neurological and mental patients to work. This makes the rehabilitation of neurological and mentally ill patients one of the most important medical and social problems. However, we have to state that in Russia there is no unified rehabilitation system that would make it possible to cover all patients and disabled people who need it with rehabilitation treatment.