To the 100th anniversary of the Kazan imperial university clinic of mental disorders

The article is devoted to the history of Kazan Imperial University clinic of mental disorders form its foundation to the modern days. The priority of V.M. Bekhterev in claiming the need for building the contemporary clinic of mental disorders for Kazan Imperial University is highlighted. The role of University professors N.M. Popov, V.P. Osipov, G.Ya. Troshin, T.I. Yudin, M.P. Andreev, clinic’s head doctor S.V. Kurashov in construction, arrangement and organizational management of the hospital, is outlined. Construction decision-making and its timeline, including functioning difficulties during the First World War and Soviet Union establishment, are described. The mental disease studying process management is described, as well as the order and terms of other Kazan University departments’ temporary accommodation in the building of the hospital. The activity of the clinic during the Second World War, as well as the structural post-war and modern time changes are depicted.

Kazan Medical University, clinic of mental diseases