Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot148010.32687/0869-866X-2024-32-3-377-382НеопределенMENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: MAIN CHARACTERISTICS, SOME THEORETICAL ASPECTSChicherinL Pleo2506@gmail.comShchepinV Oshchepin131@mail.ruN. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, 105064, Moscow, Russia290620243232204202522042025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>According to official figures, almost 1 billion people suffer from mental disorders worldwide, including adolescents 1019 years old account for about 13% of the global burden of disease in this age group. The current state of the problem of mental health of children and adolescents, which is formed under the influence of environmental factors and is critical for the personal, social and socio-economic development of a person in subsequent stages of life, is considered.<br />The results of monitoring the mental health of the children's population of the Russian Federation, differentiated at the age of 014 and 1517 years, including under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which were the basis for improving the complex of measures for the prevention of mental disorders and disorders of the contingent's behavior. The terminology used is analyzed.<br />The purpose of the study is to analyze the leading trends in recent years of the state and dynamics of statistical indicators of mental health of children and adolescents with an emphasis on understanding the basic conceptual apparatus, theoretical aspects of the problem from the standpoint of specialists in the field of public health and healthcare.</p>childrenadolescentshealth caremental healthmental and behavioral disordersconceptual apparatusдетиподросткиохрана здоровьяпсихическое здоровьепсихические расстройства и расстройства поведенияпонятийный аппарат1.Shhepin V. O., Chicherin L. P., Popov V. I., Esaulenko I. Je. Interdepartmentalism in protecting the health of children and adolescents: WHO recommendations and the realities of Russia. Vestnik RAMN. 2023;76(1):93–102. doi: 10.15690/vramn1338 (in Russian).2.Baranov A. A., Al'bickij V. Ju., Namazova-Baranova L. S., Terleckaja R. N. The state of health of children in modern Russia [Sostojanie zdorov'ja detej sovremennoj Rossii]. Moscow: Pediatr; 2020. 116 p. (in Russian).3.Portnova A. Psychiatrists have a very limited arsenal. Kommersant. Available at: https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4855502 (accessed 16.10.2023) (in Russian).4.Zinchenko Ju. P. No army of chatbots can replace a professional psychologist. Rossijskaja gazeta. 27.10.2023. Available at: https://rg.ru/2022/10/28/doktor-ia-ne-psih.html (accessed 28.11.2023) (in Russian).5.Bocharov V. V., Shishkova A. M. The role of a medical psychologist in the modern healthcare system. Nacional'noe zdravoohranenie. 2023;4(1):12–22. doi: 10.47093/2713-069X.2023.4.1.12-22 (in Russian).6.Chicherin L. P., Shhepin V. O., Popov V. I., Nikitin M. V. The psychological component is an integral component of health care, the organization of medical and social assistance to children and adolescents. In: Youth health: new challenges and prospects: monograph in 5 volumes [Zdorov'e molodezhi: novye vyzovy i perspektivy: monografija v 5 t.]. Eds N. F. Gerasimenko, P. V. Glybochko Moscow: Nauchnaja kniga; 2019. Vol. 5. P. 7–24 (in Russian).7.Kizeev M. V., Lazarev A. V., Kalininskaya A. A., Valeev V. V., Mingazov R. N., Stochik A. A., Mingazova E. N. The age-related features of the morbidity of the population in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Problemy social'noj gigieny, zdravoohranenija i istorii mediciny. 2022;30(Special Issue):1023–6. doi: 10.32687/0869-866X-2022-30-s1-1023-1026 (in Russian).8.Aksenova E. I., Podchernina A. M., Kachkurkina Ja. O. Analysis of the morbidity of children in conditions of social isolation during COVID-19. Zdorov'e megapolisa. 2022;3(2):34–50 (in Russian).