In the Soul of a Psychopath

«A properly organized social environment will suppress the emergence and growth of psychopathy.» Pyotr Borisovich Gannushkin (1875–1933) – Russian and Soviet psychiatrist, professor at Moscow University. «In the Soul of a Psychopath» – essays by a psychiatrist educated in the practices of large hospital psychiatry. ? Types of psychopathy and their characteristics: cycloids, schizoids, asthenics, paranoids, epileptoids, etc. ? The dynamics of the development of psychopathy, the role of age crises, and their influence on the development of personality and organism. ? Types of psychogenic and endogenous reactions: manic and depressive episodes, shock, depression, reactive asthenia, and hypochondria. The author's main goal was to provide the reader with systematic material on the clinic of psychopathy. «The successes and achievements of clinical psychiatry – both theoretical and practical – are very significant. However, if much has been done, even more remains to be done.».