Personality and pathology of activity. 2nd edition. Zeigarnik B.V.

The book is devoted to the actual and experimental and psychologically little developed issue of personality psychology. It begins with a historical review of the development of this problem in domestic and foreign pathopsychology. It shows the meaning of pathopsychological studies of personality disintegration for theoretical issues of general psychology and psychiatry both for knowing the nature of mental illness themselves, and for the analysis of the structure of normal mental activity. The large section of the book is devoted to the role of mental research in solving the practical problems of a psychiatric clinic (restoration of performance, diagnosis of mental illness). The main content of the book is a description of the forms of the decay of the motivational sphere and the analysis of their patterns. The role of the motivational factor in the structure of changed cognitive processes is shown. Much attention is paid to the characterization of various forms of operability disorders that occur as a result of changes in the sphere of motives. The book gives descriptions of the most commonly used experimental psychological techniques for studying the pathology of the individual and the principles of their construction. The book is designed for psychologists, neuropathologists and psychiatrists.