Medical Psychology. Textbook for Higher Education Institutions

"Medical psychology" is part of the curriculum for training psychologists. The content of the textbook covers the main sections of this area of psychological knowledge, namely: the main problems and tasks of medical psychology; methods of examination used in medical psychology; principles of constructing a pathopsychological experiment; foundations of pathopsychology and neurology; the content of the concepts of "mental health" and "norm of mental health"; psychology of the sick person, etc.
The content of the textbook will enable students to acquire psychological knowledge in the field of medical psychology for practical application to issues of disease emergence, diagnosis, and prevention.
The textbook includes theoretical material in the form of lectures, a glossary of terms, exam questions, and a list of recommended literature.
It is addressed to full-time and part-time students in the specialty "Psychology", as well as master's and doctoral students.