[Psychological characteristics of the personality of the sanitary service physician and his job satisfaction].

The contributors propose the results of a psychological study in the personal peculiarities of sanitary service physicians depending on their qualification and duration of work. The study was based on testing 65 persons attending postgraduate courses on occupational, communal and radiation hygiene. Particular attention was focused on the communicative skills of high qualified physicians.

[Psychological training at a medical institute].

The need in psychological training of physicians has been on the rise. The article considers the principles of elaborating the programme of psychological training in medical education and also provides a detailed description of the "Complex programme for psychological training of physicians" developed and realized at the Ryazan Medical Institute named after I.P.

[Formation and testing of spatial representations in roentgenology].

The role of spatial notions in the course of analysis of an x-ray image was discussed on the basis of analysis of literature and experimental work. Methods permitting the tests of the level of development of some spatial capabilities that can be used for teaching purposes, were proposed and tested.

[Use of a method of color assessment of states for studying the emotional sphere of patients with neuroses].

Emotionality was studied in neurotic patients using the originally designed method of color-based emotional state assessment. Analyzed were the nature and course of color self-estimation of the on-going and optimal states, as well as their features in different types of neurosis. The method proved useful to verify the data obtained in verbal investigation.