On the role of neuropsychological diagnostics in curing of psychiatric patients

Abstract

The article analyses the cross points of
neuropsychology, general psychology and psychiatrys
interests. It is shown, that the main general interest is
structural and functional characteristics of higher mental
functions, which is considerably less studied than the genetic
characteristics. The author mentions issues of particular
importance for psychiatry. They are: the control of the patients
state dynamics in the process of psychopharmacotherapy
and the differential diagnosis given to different forms of
symptomatically similar mental disorders. On the example
of joint curing of the patient with depression the author
demonstrates that neuropsychological assessment, functional
diagnostics (EEG) and psychopathological examination are
organically supplementary to each other.