Negative and cognitive disorders for endogenous psychoses: diagnosis, clinic, therapy. Nestonov N.G., Ivanov M.V.

The negative symptoms of mental illness were and remain less “understandable” and curable than positive. Using not only extensive literary material, but also the data of their own research, the authors meticulously analyze the ideas about “minus symptomes”: starting with historical aspects and ending with widespread in the XXI century. a dimensional approach.

A significant place in the book is reserved for negative symptoms in the clinic of affective disorders, morphological and functional changes in the brain. The monograph also includes chapters on the therapeutic correction of negative and cognitive disorders and on the social adaptation of patients.

The book is intended for psychiatrists and psychotherapists, but it can be useful for senior students of medical universities and clinical psychologists.