Despite the active process of the psychiatric service reform in the Kyrgyz Republic, a significant shortage of personnel still remains. The psychiatrist density is 0.3 practitioners per 10000 of the population that indicates a great need for more specialists.
            “Government Mental Health Care Program of Kyrgyz Republic for 2018-2030” has developed a policy of measures aimed at optimization of mental health care staffing at all levels of public health service. 
•	In order to integrate psychiatry into the primary health care network, some of the psychiatrist's functions are transferred to family doctors. More than 700 family doctors have been trained in the basics of providing psychiatric care, that has led to a significant increase in the detection of mental disorders.
•	Sustained efforts are being made to train nurses in working with patients suffering from mental disorders. 
•	Reforms in education are being implemented at the pre- and postgraduate levels. 
•	New standards and clinical guidelines are being actively developed (in the last 2 years more than 20 clinical guidelines for various levels of healthcare).
•	Since 2016, a new model for the provision of comprehensive medical services has been integrated at the primary level of health care in the form of multidisciplinary teams (MDT), which provide a wide range of services (medical, psychological, social). The teams include various specialists: psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, who have undergone special training.
           All measures will contribute to the process of solving the personnel problem in the mental health service and optimization of mental health care.

SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF PERSONNEL SHORTAGE THROUGH THE OPTIMIZATION OF PSYCHIATRIC EDUCATION