B.W. Zeigarnik and Pathopsychology

Abstract

The present work suggests an analysis of B.W. Zeigarnik's contribution into development of pathopsychology as a branch of clinical psychology. There are con-sidered the main theoretical and methodological problems of pathopsychology which were elaborated in B.W. Zeigarnik's works. The problems of coordination between pathopsychology, general psychology and psychiatry, formulated by B.W. Zeigarnik, as well as specif!c features of the subject matter of pathopsychology are also discussed.

Keywords

• pathopsychology
• psychiatry
• pathopsychological syndrome
• psycho¬logical mechanisms of mental disorders