[; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS AND ANALYTICAL REVIEW OF THE CREATION OF "MEMORY CLINICS" IN THE WORLD PRACTICE].

The number of elderly and senile people with severe senile asthenia syndrome and cognitive disorders, which eventually develop into dementia, is increasing every year in the world. It is this disease that is the highest priority in the health care of the entire world community.; The article provides a historical overview of the creation of memory clinics that operate in the paradigm of providing community-based psychiatric care. The results of changes in the clinical-dynamic and epidemiological indicators of the prevalence of dementia in the direction of early detection of pre-dementia conditions with mild cognitive decline syndrome are presented. Global trends in the development of memory clinics for outpatient patients are considered.; The purpose of the study: to provide a comprehensive analysis of the available literature data on the feasibility of a multi-faceted approach in the development of the concept of memory clinics.