психические расстройства, международная классификация болезней, диагностические изменения, клиническая полезность, общая медицинская практика, Medicine

The article provides information about the XIX World Congress of Psychiatry (August 21-24, 2019, Lisbon, Portugal). The issues of implementing the new ICD-11 diagnostic principles are considered; the main results of changes and modifications in schizophrenic disorders, mood disorders and new diagnostic categories in the new concept of “obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive related disorders” are presented.The clinical utility of ICD-11 consists in the ability to use the diagnostic criteria more accurately than before. The talks of the keynote congress speakers are highlighted, the bottom line in the speeches of experts from many countries is finding effective ways of improving the mental health of a person.