Using the resources of the Institute of Mental Health, SAGA aims to facilitate the development of individual academic trajectories for each member of the young professional community.

• Support the development of academic and practical skills, enhance the quality of pre-graduation professional training in the fields of Psychiatry, Narcology, Psychotherapy, clinical psychology, biomedical statistics, AI methods in Psychiatry, Psycholinguistics & clinical linguistics, and foster aspirations while maintaining motivation for professional self-development and research activity among students and young professionals.
• Facilitate the implementation and promotion of educational and research projects: encourage participation of students and young professionals in competitions (including those with the options to win a grant), and involve them in international, multicenter, and national studies.
• Regularly and timely inform members of the Student Academic Group about relevant professional events, conferences, congresses, specialist meetings in Psychiatry, competitive selections for educational and research projects, as well as grants and scholarships provided by professional organizations and educational institutions in Russia and foreign countries. Additionally, support the issuance of letters of recommendation and appreciation to aid and promote members of the Student Academic Group’s participation in the aforementioned professional events.
• Actively collaborate with mentors and experts from the advisory council of the Institute of Mental Health.
• Develop a professional network to encourage collaboration and interaction in areas of professional interest with specialists engaged in clinical, research, and educational activities related to mental health at the national and international levels, including the development of exchange programs and internships.

The Student Academic Group is composed of five departments:

• Research Section for projects of the Institute of Mental Health, Reaviz Medical University.
  Head: D.D. Trofimov.
  • Scientific Supervisor for the project “Mental Health Dictionary: Clinical Linguistic Analysis of Speech in Patients with Depression, Dementia, and Psychosis”.
    Working Group: E.G. Asatryan.
  • Scientific Supervisor for the project “Flexible Mind: Database of Verbal Fluency, Semantic, Phonetic, Verbal, and Emotional Fluency in Socially Significant Mental Disorders”.
  • Scientific Supervisor for the project “Discourse in Psychosis: An International Multicenter Project; Sampling a Russian-speaking Population”:
    S.S. Musatov.
  • Scientific Supervisor for the project “Cognitive Endophenotype of Schizophrenia: Embodied Cognition Theory and Activity-Based Approach to Rehabilitation”:
    E.D. Danilova.
  • Scientific Supervisor for the project “Top Research of the Russian Population: Multicenter Socio-Epidemiological Project for Assessing Neurocognitive Functions in Psychoses and Identifying Adverse Events of Psychopharmacotherapy”:
    M.B. Golovanova.
  • Scientific Supervisor for the project “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Disorders of Thinking, Language, and Communication: Impact on Depression, Anhedonia, Cognitive Functions, Speech and Communication, Functioning”.
    Working Group: S.A. Polukhanova.
• Media Development Section for the Institute of Mental Health.
  Heads: R.A. Sharifova, T.E. Popova.
  Curator for telegram channel development: R.A. Sharifova.
  Supervisor for the development of the brand of the Institute of Mental Health: T.E. Popova.
• Public Awareness and Vulnerable Groups Section.
  Heads: S.A. Polukhanova, M.S. Zapriy.
  Supervisor for educational outreach for adolescents: A.D. Ostashevskaya.

Chair of the Student Academic Group at the Institute of Mental Health, Reaviz Medical University: E.G. Asatryan.
Secretary of the Student Academic Group of the Institute of Mental Health, Reaviz Medical University: S.D. Fursov.