Research of a level of knowledge of the population in the psychiatry with a view of development of THE ways perfection and increase of efficiency of the specialized help

The article highlights the issue of the development of ways to improve mental health services to meet the requirements of the modern consumer ( patient ) . The results of the pilot survey of the population of the city of Ryazan , held and examined the level of people's knowledge about mental illness . Attention is drawn to the need to raise public awareness in the field of psychiatry for timely treatment of patients for specialized care and de-stigmatize mental disorders .