[The system of psychoprophylactic measures and psychiatric care in the Strategic Missile Forces]. / Sistema psikhoprofilakticheskikh meropriiatii i psikhiatricheskaia pomoshch' v RVSN.

Since 1992 psychiatric morbidity, hospitalisation and discharge rates among the SRF personnel show a tendency to increase, reaching accordingly 7.7/1000, 7.3/1000 and 2.7/1000. The existing psychoprophylaxis programme includes primary medical and psychoexamination of young recruits, medical check-ups for servicemen going on duty and on guard, sociometric and psychological studies of the servicemen interpersonal relations with the aim of correction thereof and medical control of those who return to the troops after leaves or temporary assignments. The SRF's medical service closely coordinates its actions with the Ministry of Health's appropriate setups, commanding officers and personnel instructors.