Uzbekistan plans to establish a National Medical Center for Mental Health and 14 regional branches starting from January 1, 2027, based on the Tashkent branch of the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Mental Health. These measures are outlined in a draft presidential decree "On Measures to Transform the System of Providing Narcological and Psychiatric Care to the Population."
As part of the project, the Tashkent City Children's Psychoneurological Center will also be reorganized and transformed into the Republican Children's Center for Mental Health. The new center will serve as the leading institution for child psychiatric services and will become a clinical base for specialized departments of medical universities in Tashkent. It will provide services to the population across the entire republic, including the capital.
Primary mental health units will be created in multidisciplinary central polyclinics and consultative-diagnostic departments, staffed by adult psychiatrists, child psychoneurologists, narcologists, medical psychologists, and mid-level medical personnel.
The Republican Clinical Hospital for Mental Illnesses will be abolished, and a clinic of the Center will open in its place. Based on the Tashkent City Dispensary for Psychoneurological Diseases, a capital branch of the Center will be established. Additionally, several institutions, including the 2nd Tashkent City Dispensary for Psychoneurological Diseases, the Tashkent City Branch of the Narcological Service of the Republican Specialized Center for Mental Health, and the Tashkent City Narcological Hospital for Compulsory Treatment, will be liquidated and transformed into structural subdivisions of the Center's branch in Tashkent.
The National Medical Center for Mental Health will become a key component in reforming the psychiatric and narcological care system in Uzbekistan, aiming to provide a modern approach to treatment and rehabilitation of patients. These reforms are part of a broader initiative to enhance mental health services in the country.
Source: podrobno.uz