[Childhood disability due to mental disorders in the Arkhangelsk region: structural and dynamic trends].

Objective: To examine the structural-dynamic trends in disability in children aged 0-14 and 15-17 in the Arkhangelsk region (AO) over the period 2010-2020.

Material And Methods: The age-standardized rates of primary and total disability calculated on the basis of the official statistical data presented in the form No.19 «Statistics on Disabled Children» for 2010-2020 in AO excluding Nenets autonomous district.

[The quality of research publications in psychiatry].

Aim: To evaluate the quality of research articles in psychiatry and addiction medicine published in 2015.

Material And Methods: Five experts analyzed 51 research publications from 13 psychiatric and addiction medicine journals using a standardized questionnaire, which contains 4 general questions (type or results of the study) and 21 questions on the quality of the study.

Results: Only 2 articles (4%) met all criteria, 64% of the articles refer to the methodologically least demonstrative (uncontrolled/one-time, series of cases, non-randomized).

[Incidence of alcoholic psychoses, mortality from alcoholic poisonings and diseases of the liver and in Russia].

Authors studied the influence of availability of beer on mortality from alcoholic poisonings, diseases of a liver and incidence of alcoholic psychoses in Russia during 1995-2011. Time series analysis was performed using the method of ARIMA. There were no significant associations between the availability of beer and levels of mortality and morbidity.

Incidence of tuberculosis and associations with indicators of alcohol consumption in three regions of northwest Russia in 1975-2009: a time-series analysis.

Background: Alcohol has several social consequences that are associated with increased risk of tuberculosis. However, there have been no studies assessing the links between tuberculosis and alcohol consumption in northwest Russia. The aim of this study was to assess associations between the incidence of tuberculosis and indicators of alcohol consumption in three regions of northwest Russia.