[The scientific triumph and philosophical dilemma of V.M. Bekhterev].

An important area of V.M. Bekhterev's scientific research, which to this day does not have a productive resolution and remains controversial, was an attempt to combine the science of the human psyche with a speculative philosophy close to pantheistic views about the «universal soul».

Biological Reductionism as an Obstacle to the Advancement of the Biopsychosocial Concept of Mental Disorders.

The substantial progress in neurobiological technologies has narrowed the horizons of many psychiatrists, ultimately leading them to focus exclusively on biomedical research, primarily aimed at studying the biological basis of mental illnesses. This has led to an unjustified dominance of the biomedical paradigm in understanding the nature of mental disorders, while virtually ignoring the study of other components of the disease related to the psychosocial maladjustment of patients. This trend, largely associated with advancements in neuroscience employing neuroimaging techniques to study the brain's activity as a biophysical object, has contributed to the development of such innovative field as evidence-based medicine.

[An effect of antipsychotic and anticholinergic treatment on cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia].

Objective: To reveal the relationships between antipsychotic and anticholinergic drugs and cognitive functions in patients with schizophrenia.

Material And Methods: The observational prospective study was conducted at the Bekhterev National Medical Center of Psychiatry and Neurology. The study involved 41 patients (22 men and 19 women) with paranoid schizophrenia, according to ICD 10 criteria, aged 30.

[The structure of the non-psychotic mental disorders in patients with epilepsy with and without pharmacoressistance].

Aim: Patients with epilepsy (PE) develop persistent mental disorders identified as significant personal and affective disorders, especially of depressive and anxiety spectrum, observed in the interictal period of the disease. To study the frequency of non-psychotic mental disorders in patients with epilepsy, to specify the clinical features of non-psychotic affective disorders and to analyze the association of different variants of affective disorders with symptoms of drug-resistance in epilepsy (DRE).

Material And Methods: One hundred and sixty patients with epilepsy, including 80 patients with DRE and 80 patients with controlled epilepsy (CE), were studied using a battery of psychometric scales.