Improving psychotherapeutic care at the regional level needs a formulated request from users and an estimation of the level of mental health in the population. Objective: to study attitudes towards psychotherapeutic care and to provide a preliminary evaluation of mental health in the adult population of the Novosibirsk Region. Material and methods. A continuous indirect sociological survey and screening using a questionnaire were conducted in the adult population of the Novosibirsk Region. A total of 846 questionnaires were analyzed. Results. The sociological survey showed that only 12% of the respondents had experience in applying for psychotherapeutic care. At the same time, 58% of the population favored this type of care; 86.7% would have turned to a psychotherapist, as recommended by the attending physician, or considered this situation possible. Only 3.7% of the respondents were ready to apply for psychotherapeutic care in a neuropsychiatry dispensary; it would have beeen more convenient for 43.9% of the patients to contact this specialist in a polyclinic; 42% would have preferred a psychotherapy center; 81.6% of the respondents would have liked to be able to receive this type of care within the framework of compulsory health insurance; 74.5% considered it necessary to develop the availability of this type of care. The screening study of the mental health in the adult population of the Novosibirsk Region could reveal a fairly high level of autonomic disorders and hypochondriasis. Conclusion. The sociological survey has revealed that the population of the Novosibirsk Region has a positive attitude towards psychotherapeutic care and is willing to apply for this type of care under certain conditions. The preponderance of autonomic and hypochondriacal symptoms, as shown by the preliminary evaluation of mental health in the population of the Novosibirsk Region, causes an additional burden on primary health care to a certain extent.