PAST AND PRESENT OF VN MYASISHCHEV'S CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS (FOR THE 130TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH)

The article is dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the birth of V. N. Myasishchev, an outstanding Russian scientist who made a huge contribution to the development of Russian psychological science, as well as to the formation and development of medical (clinical) psychology, neurosology and psychotherapy. The psychology of relationships created by him, which has general psychological significance, served as a methodological basis for the development of the pathogenetic concept of neuroses and psychotherapy, the publication of which forms a conceptual unity unique to Russian science. The formation of scientific views of V.N. Myasishchev is considered under the influence of his teachers - V. M. Bekhterev and A.F. Lazursky; his contribution to the development of the scientific and psychological category "attitude" as a mental education; the main directions of his scientific and practical activities, closely related to the concept of relationship psychology, in particular, the development of ideas about the nature of neurotic disorders as a personality disease and the development of a psychotherapeutic system based on a detailed study of personality and aimed at changing its relationships. Developed by V.N. Myasishchev's general psychological theory - the psychology of relationships - is resilient and fruitful.